Reading Lab #15: Cause and Effect

Class Syllabus – Grades 3-5

May 8, 2023

Objective: Students will be able to recognize cause-and-effect relationships.

Essential Questions:

1. What is a cause?
2. What is an effect?
3. Why is it important to understand cause-and-effect relationships in a story?

Enduring Understandings:

1. A cause is WHY something happens.
2. An effect is WHAT happens.
3. It’s important to understand cause-and-effect relationships in a story because we can use these skills to better comprehend and appreciate the text.

Standards

Grade 3: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.A Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.B Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.C Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. Grade 4: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.A Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.B Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.C Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. Grade 5: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.B Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.C Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. Materials:

• Please print the two attached documents: “Two Travelers and the Bear” and the worksheet
• Pen or pencil