“Why are there eggs?”
“Are we EATING those eggs?”
Make It Hands-On
After we discussed real life examples and made it concrete, it was time to put cause and effect into practice! I created a simple “Cause and Effect Scavenger Hunt” that took my kids around our classroom. It didn’t take us long – about 10 minutes, and you could easily write out your own scavenger hunt on index cards. I don’t have a pre-made scavenger hunt to share with you for a reason….the power in this activity was that it was personalized. Every student in my room was able to activate his or her schema on an equal playing field because they all know our classroom routines.
It can sometimes by noisy in our hallway during our reading lessons as the older grades are going to lunch. When they read this clue, my students knew from their schema that I often ask one of them to please shut the door when it gets distracting. They turned and talked about the clue and came up with, “The class is at the carpet and it is loud in the hallway. Mrs. Wagers asks Brooklynn to help. As a result, she shuts the door.”
Apply It To Text:
After hearing, seeing, and doing various cause and effect activities, it was time to apply this reading strategy to text in our reading groups. We used red and blue crayons to code the text with C for cause and E for effect.
You are so cute!! Thanks for sharing!!
Lory
Such fun and creative ways to learn about cause and effect! Great post!
Love the scavenger hunt idea!! I love that it was so hands on and meaningful for your kiddos. I might have to try that with mine! :o)
Happy Weekend!
Emily
Munchkins Inc.
AH-mazing! Can I be in your class?!?! My third graders get so confused when talking about cause and effect relationships. I may just have to try this!
Meredith
You are brilliant. That is all. Brilliant!
Okay that wasn't really ALL I wanted to say. You know I'm not a gal of few words. LOL! Christina, I love every single bit of this!! I totally agree- make it memorable! It's posts like this that remind me why I LOVE reading blogs. This post is downright inspiring. Makes me want to race back to school to do something memorable. ๐ Thank you for such a wonderful post full of great ideas!
I love all of these ideas. Thanks for the inspiration! I totally agree with your point that we need to find a way to make reading and comprehension strategies concrete for kids, but what a challenge that is! Thanks for some GREAT ideas on how to get started!
Stephanie
First Grade Bangs
I love this idea! I'm working on my plans right now to implement this idea!
I love this idea! I'm working on my plans right now to implement this idea!
These are awesome ideas!! I will be using them during my introduction to cause effect and my evaluation!
I’m so glad this post was helpful for you! ๐ Thanks so much for stopping by!