Cause and Effect
This week's comprehension skill is "Cause and Effect".
While reading it's good practice to ask yourself "why did this happen?" or "what is going to happen?"
Identifying the cause and effect can help you better understand the text or story!
Often sentences will have signal words that can help you identify the cause and effect.
Some words include:
so
as a result
because
therefore
consequently
since
Can you write a sentence and ask a friend to identify the cause and the effect. Remember our strategy! Break the sentence apart.
When Raana sneakily stole her tasty popcorn Mrs. Broussard began to cry .
Ask yourself "What makes most sense?"
Raana stole her popcorn BECAUSE Mrs. Broussard began to cry.
or
Mrs. Broussard began to cry BECAUSE Raana stole her popcorn.
Whichever part of the sentence follows the "because" can be identified as the cause!
Whichever part precedes, or comes before the "because" is the effect!
Can you write a cause and effect comment? Identify which part of the sentence is the cause and which is the effect.
Challenge yourself by writing a sentence that does not use because as a signal word!
Dear Mrs. Brousard,
ReplyDeleteCause is the reason why. Effect is the result of what happened.
Jacob loved basketball so much he practiced 50 times a day.
He practiced 50 times a day because he loved basketball so much.
The cause is Jacob loved basketball so much, and the effect is he practiced 50 times a day.
Love,
Sophia N.
Dear Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteI secretly ate my brother's Sour Patch. My brother got angry so he started attacking me.
Which makes more sense? I ate my brother's Sour Patch because he got so angry and started attacking me, or he started attacking me because I ate his Sour Patch?
Your Friend,
Raana
Dear Braeden,
ReplyDeleteCan you solve this question?
Austin was making cookies for his class. When the cookies were done baking, I secretly ate 2 cookies and took 3 more to give to my friends.Consequently, Austin did not have enough cookies for his class.
Can you figure out what is the cause and effect?
From,
Evan
Dear room 9,
ReplyDeleteI ate a very tasty cupcake yesterday and got frosting all over my mouth. Which one makes the most sense? I ate a very tasty cupcake yesterday because I got frosting all over my mouth, or I got frosting all over my mouth because I ate a very tasty cupcake. I think number 2 makes the most sense. Which one do you think makes the most sense? Please respond!
Your hungry for more cupcakes friend,
Sophia S.
Dear room 9,
ReplyDeleteMy cause and effect sentence is :I threw up because I had something expired on accident. The cause is “I had something expired on accident.” The effect is “I threw up.”
From,
Braeden
Dear Kimia,
ReplyDeleteI ate Jordyn's delicious doughnut and she started to cry. Which sentence makes more sense? I ate Jordyn's delicious doughnut because she started to cry or, Jordyn started to cry because I ate her delicious doughnut. Do you know what the cause and effect is?
Your Not So Hungry Friend,
Raana