Happy New Year! I’m back and ready to roll. It has been a little bit quiet around here, but I have a whole slew of new posts planned and ready for you over the next few months. First up is one that I actually started way back in March of 2014 (seems like just yesterday). I was teaching my students about cause and effect–these were rather high 5th graders who already had a pretty decent understanding of the basics of cause and effect. I needed something MORE for them! And here is what we did…
Since my students already knew what cause and effect was, we did a very brief cause and effect interactive notebook journal entry with just two tabs and a short definition. Update 2018: You know my love for anchor charts runs deep, so over the years I have added an anchor chart into my lessons! I loved making this cause and effect anchor chart interactive…
You can see more information about the chain at the bottom of this post. I have also blogged extensively about teaching reading skills with pictures, which you also see here! Then I listed some events and used sticky notes to come up with causes and effects of those events. It was such a great way to introduce and review this skill.
Then came the fun part–song lyrics!
Now, before I go on, I have to give my dad total credit for coming up with this song! Do you know how hard it is to find a song that tells a story and is appropriate for elementary school kids? It’s not an easy task!
After we went through the review, I had a pile of about 20 books for students to read and write out cause and effect relationships. You can truly use just about any book for this, but here are a few of my favorites after seeing them in action with kids…
Next, I used my Generating Cause and Effect Task Cards for their cause and effect interactive component. We used a modification of the Thinking Maps cause and effect map, as seen below. I printed out the task cards at 50% their original size and gave each student four to glue in their notebooks. They wrote the cause and effect relationships and shared with a neighbor. I LOVE using task cards in interactive notebooks this way!
I wanted to throw in a super engaging “competition” element to this lesson, so I had them create cause and effect chains. I gave each partner group a small strip of paper that had an event on it. Then, they had to create chain reaction cause and effect stories based on the event. This was really challenging because they had to create a CAUSE and EFFECT for the event, and then go backwards to create the story. Basically, the event I gave them had to end up in the middle of the chain, with events leading up to it, and events following it. I only gave them 15 minutes to do as much as they could, and they had a blast!
 
Our next step was to apply these skills to deeper texts. We used my cause and effect paragraph task cards to practice the skills! It was a beautiful day, so I took the students outside, and spread the cards out all over one area. I mixed them all up so that they would have to move around to find their next card. They LOVED this!
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I love how you taught the same skill in so many different ways. A great music video for students to see cause and effect is OK Go's song "This Too Shall Pass" (with totally appropriate lyrics). It is visually amazing.
Brynn Allison
The Literary Maven
I love cause and effect, and I am so happy you included books beyond the typical If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series. I also love to use the story Grandpa's Teeth when I teach cause and effect. The kids think it is really funny, but they also get lots of chances to practice this critical skill. Random question for you, what add on gave you the awesome Email Update and Social Media buttons on the bottom of your post? I love it!
Mrs. D
The Third Wheel
Hi Mrs. D!
Thanks for your note. To be completely honest, I haven't got a clue what add on that is! Michelle from The 3AM Teacher did all the coding on the site, so she may be able to help.
🙂 Mary
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