LESSON THREE: Using Details from Text to Identify Simple Cause and effect
GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
o R3C The student will use details from the text to identify simple cause and effect.
LESSON MATERIALS
Sources of Literature
o None
Supplies
o Picture of a rainy day
o Sticky notes
o Overhead or chalkboard
o Teacher observation checklist
Handouts provided
o Cause/effect graphic organizer
Words to know
o cause and effect
o graphic organizer
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Observe students in guided practice to determine understanding using the teacher observation checklist.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. To prepare students to read for cause and effect, show a picture to students of a rainy or snowy day.
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Questions for Students |
Has rain or snow ever changed your family plans for the day? How did it change your plans? |
2. On an overhead or on the board create a “cause and effect” graphic organizer using the anticipatory set example (may show other examples). “Think aloud” while completing the graphic organizer.
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Questions for Students |
For the first few examples ask: What happened? Why did it happen? While writing the next cause on the graphic organizer, ask students to predict what an effect might be. What could be a different effect for one of the causes given on the cause/effect chart the teacher composed? What could be a different cause for one of the effects on the cause/effect chart? |
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Suggestion |
Leave the completed cause/effect chart on display for students to refer to. Create a classroom exhibit of the students’ cause and effect relationships. |
3. Provide each student two small “sticky notes”. Write “cause” on one note and “effect” on the other note. As students read a passage from a non-fiction text (example: science text on the water cycle) put sticky notes on a cause and effect.