Literacy+Tools+for+Cause+and+Effect

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[] This is a good graphic organizer for cause and effect. I can read a story to the class out loud (such as Jimmy's Boa) and together as a class we can come up with the causes. Then students can come up with the effects on their own. Students can either write in the spaces provided or draw a picture.

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This is such a cute game! Its called if you give a mouse... but I think you could do it with book you read and do a cause and effect game on it. Basically there are cards typed up that say something like "I got a good grade". Then, students have to choose the correct cause. So they may choose between a. I worked hard. b. I stayed home. c. I did not study.

If they choose correctly they move forward on the board. If they don't choose correctly their turn is over.

3.) You could also do this with any book you read. On one puzzle piece the students will draw the cause and on the other piece the students will draw the effect. They can then write a little something below the puzzle pieces or on them describing what the cause and effect was. 4.)



These would be great for any content when trying to teach about cause and effect. For this science subject I could have my students create a spacecraft and then make the cause and effect flaps be the door and window of the spacecraft. I can then have them write in a cause and effect from one of the books.

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This is also a cute idea you could use for any content and story. Students can do like they did on this example and write the cause in one color and the effect in another. Then we can display them in the room or outside in the hall. [] (This is the link of the website I got this idea from. They have all kinds of things for inferencing, cause and effect, etc.)