1. Cause and Effect Lesson Kindergarten

2. TEKS/Standards Interpret pictures to determine cause and effect
Draw pictures and/or use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about stories, objects, or events

3. Objectives
Students will identify cause and effect by interpreting pictures and providing examples
Students will write using inventive spelling.

4. Introduction Bring in a balloon
Have a student hold it and pop it with a pin
Have students tell you what happened and why
Tell them today they will be talking about cause and effect
Focus on the “Why”

5. Teaching Explain Cause and Effect Use chart paper or board
Have a variety of cause and effect situations for students to analyze and help you complete
Your alarm clock does not go off, so…
Your leave the water on in the tub,
You leave the door open,

6. Rationale Just like in real life, stories have relationships
A good reader will stop to think about what happened and why.
This will help you understand the story.
Read If you give a pig a pancake by Laura Numeroff

7. Practice
With their bilingual partner, have students practice writing effect from story using pictures as a guide
Teacher monitors and offers feedback and praise.

8. Cause Effect
If you give a pig a pancake,

9. Cause Effect
She’ll probably get all sticky,

10. Cause Effect
She’ll ask you for some bubbles.

11. Cause Effect
You’ll play your very best piano piece

12. Cause Effect
If she asks you for some syrup,

13. Class Cause and Effect Book
Give each bilingual pair a white sheet of paper with the words cause and effect written across the top
Ask pairs to create a cause and effect situation from their own experiences
Have the pair present their work to the class (group processing)

14. Cause Effect

15. Our Cause and Effect Book
Collect all work and create a class book
Place book in class library
Dr Alanís’ Class 2005