Cognitive-Linguistic+Homework

Cognitive Linguistic Homework Assignment: Cause and Effect

Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy, March 2011, states that cause and effect is a required skill for integration of knowledge. The current activity of cause and effect can be formatted for any cognitive level, however, this set is appropriate for 2nd to 3rd grade knowledge level.

Activity Pages:

At a basic level, one task includes a series of pictures numbered 1-5. The students must draw a line from the picture on the left (cause) to the appropriate picture on the right (effect).

Consecutive activity pages are available during progress.

As intervention continues, a progression toward reading sentences to identify cause and effect is available to view. At this level, the student must read each sentence and determine the cause (underlining in red) and the effect (underlining in blue).

How can this activity remain fun throughout the summer?

Idea 1: Have your student draw his or her own cause and effect cartoon! Have your student begin by drawing something that happened during his or her day at summer camp, or at the park, or during lunch. Then the student should discuss what caused the event and draw that picture.

Idea 2: Not only can students draw pictures with pen, pencil, or crayon, have them explore! Depending where students are during the summer, have them draw using sidewalk chalk, build sand sculptures, finger paint, or make another craft project to identify a cause and an effect!

Idea 3: We must keep students interested! There are several cause and effect events that occur out in nature. Spending time on a nature walk, or at the beach shore, or right in your own backyard can lead to identification of many cause and effect events.

Idea 4: There are several cause and effect diagrams that could be useful for your student. Diagrams can help your student visually identify and organize a cause and effect. They can also keep a student interested in cause and effect if they can create similar diagrams

Examples of cause and effect diagrams can be found here: Cause & Effect Diagrams

Idea 5: Does your student love to read? Here is a list of children's books that relate to cause and effect events!

Reference:

Super Teacher Worksheets (2012). In //Super Teacher Worksheets//. Retrieved June 24, 2012, from @http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/