Cause and Effect

Communication Arts

3rd grade

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Teacher’s Page

Content Area: Language ArtsCreated By: Jami PollyGrade: 3rd

Objective: Students will make inferences based on details from the story and prior knowledge in order to draw conclusions.

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Writing About Cause and Effect

• What is a CAUSE?

– It is what makes something happen

• (Example: The floor was wet...)

• What is an EFFECT?

– It is what happens

• (Example: so, I slipped and fell.)

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Writing Tips

• Look for words such as…– Since– So– Because– Therefore– Due to the fact

…to join cause and effect sentences.

• Use cause and effect in paragraphs to explain how things work

OR• how something

happens.

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Two things have to happen in a cause and effect sentence!

• A CAUSE is what makes something happen.

• An EFFECT is what happens as a result of the cause.

• Look at the pictures below.

• What is the cause?________________

• What will be the effect?_______________The needle

The balloon will pop

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Look at the pictures below.Match the CAUSE with the EFFECT

• Cause • Effect

GREAT JOB!!

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Remember these tips…

• The CAUSE happens FIRST– Ask yourself, what had to happen first?

• The EFFECT happens SECOND– Ask yourself, what happened last?

• Also: C before E (In the alphabet) – Cause before Effect!

• Look for clue words– Because, since, so, on account of, due to the

fact

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Certain words join cause and effect sentences.

I bought Dan a present BECAUSE it was

his birthday.

- What is the cause? ________________

- What is the effect? ________________

- What is the word that join the cause and effect? _______

It was Dan’s birthday

I bought him a present

Because

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What other words help to join cause and effect sentences?

• The ice cream was melting AS A RESULT OF the hot weather.– What is the cause?________________– What is the effect?________________– What is the joining clue word?___________

The hot weather

The ice cream melted

As a result of

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Which words join the cause and effect parts of a sentence?

• I told Ellen to come home because it was time for dinner. _________

• The school was closed yesterday on account of the snowy weather. ___________

• Sara could not go to the party due to the fact that she was sick. ____________

• I saved ten dollars as the result of putting one dollar in my bank every week.____________

because

on account of

due to the fact

as the result of

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On a piece of paper, Write a cause and effect ending for each sentence below.

• USE THE WORDS THAT JOIN THEM• Because, since, on account of, due to the fact

1. I had to wear boots to school _________________________________________

2. I like you _________________________3. Alan had to stay after school _________

________________________________4. We are having a party_______________

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Time to Write!!

• On a separate sheet of paper write four cause and effect sentences of your own!

• Be sure to use words that join the cause and effect parts in each of your sentences.

• REMEMBER: C before E!!

GREAT JOB!