Cause and Effect | Award Winning Teaching Cause and Effect | Reading and Comprehension Strategies

Summary

This video explains the concept of cause and effect, showing how one event leads to another. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing signal words like 'because,' 'since,' and 'so' to identify cause and effect relationships in stories. Through relatable examples, such as forgetting to study or speeding, viewers learn to distinguish between causes and their resulting effects. The video also features an interactive story about Tara’s day to practice identifying these relationships. Understanding cause and effect helps improve reading comprehension and everyday decision-making.

Takeaways

• 😀 Cause and effect is a relationship where one event or thing is the result of another.
• 😀 The cause is the reason why something happens, while the effect is the result or consequence.
• 😀 The cause always happens before the effect in a cause-and-effect relationship.
• 😀 Signal words like 'because,' 'since,' and 'due to' can help identify the cause.
• 😀 Signal words like 'so,' 'therefore,' and 'as a result' help identify the effect.
• 😀 Understanding cause and effect helps readers better understand what happened and why.
• 😀 In a real-life scenario, for example, forgetting to study (cause) leads to missing words on a test (effect).
• 😀 Signal words such as 'when,' 'if,' and 'then' are helpful in identifying cause-and-effect relationships.
• 😀 Sometimes authors do not use signal words, so readers must still understand which event is the cause and which is the effect.
• 😀 Practicing identifying cause and effect through stories, like Tara's day, helps reinforce the concept.
• 😀 Tara's experiences throughout the day (such as forgetting to set her alarm clock) demonstrate clear cause-and-effect relationships.

Q & A

What is cause and effect?

Cause and effect is a relationship between events or things, where one event (the cause) leads to another event (the effect). The cause is why something happens, and the effect is the result or consequence of that cause.

What is the difference between a cause and an effect?

The cause is the reason something happens, and the effect is the result of that cause. The cause always happens first, and the effect is the outcome.

Can you give an example of a cause and effect relationship?

Sure! For example, if someone is speeding (the cause), they will get a ticket (the effect). The speeding is the reason they received the ticket.

What is a signal word in cause and effect relationships?

Signal words are words that indicate a cause-and-effect relationship. For example, words like 'because,' 'since,' 'so,' 'therefore,' and 'as a result' help readers identify causes and effects.

What is the significance of understanding cause and effect when reading?

Understanding cause and effect helps readers better comprehend the relationship between events and actions in a story. It aids in understanding why things happen and how different elements in a text are connected.

What signal word indicates the cause?

Signal words that indicate the cause include 'because,' 'since,' 'due to,' 'if,' and 'when.' These words help identify the reason something happens.

What signal word indicates the effect?

Signal words that indicate the effect include 'so,' 'therefore,' 'as a result,' 'consequently,' 'thus,' and 'then.' These words point to the result or consequence of the cause.

In the example, why did Tara forget to wake up on time?

Tara forgot to wake up on time because she forgot to set her alarm clock. The cause was forgetting to set the alarm, and the effect was not waking up on time.

How can the word 'because' help identify a cause?

The word 'because' helps identify the cause by showing that the event or action that follows is the reason for what happened before. For example, 'Because she didn't study, she missed eight words on her test.'

What happened when Tara's friend Keisha told her jokes?

When Tara's friend Keisha told her jokes, Tara felt much better by the time she got home. The cause was Keisha telling jokes, and the effect was Tara feeling better.