Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...

Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...

Contains plans for five lessons that teach about cause and effect relationships using Trinka Hakes Noble's books about Jimmy and his boa constrictor. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...

Learn about cause and effect, and then answer some self-assessment questions after the lesson.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart designed for grades K-3 to introduce the concept of cause and effect. It contains various activities for students to gain practice with the skill.

Identify cause and effect relationships by matching cards with a cause to cards with the effect. Correct answers are provided and a percentage score is available once the activity is complete.

Twenty sentences where students fill in the blank with the correct adverb clause to show a cause and effect relationship. Each answer can be checked to see if it is correct.

Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting an interest in science for students, to use critical thinking skills, and to use graphic organizers.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains the Learning Focus Lesson Format for cause & effect. It contains an activator, teacher modeling, graphic organizers, guided practice, independent practice, and summarizer. It...

Primary source material with lesson and classroom activities in which students analyze the causes and effects of the African American Great Migration to Chicago between 1915 and 1950.

Five sentences where students are asked to read the effect and then choose the appropriate cause. Answers can be checked after each question and a percentage grade is available at the end of the activity.

Part of an extensive website from the Council on Foreign Relations devoted to understanding all aspects of terrorism and its implications for the United States, this section focuses on the economic impact of the September 11, 2001...

Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses cause and effect relationships and presents a variety of activities to help students understand this concept. Activote questions are included in the flipchart.

Read the story of "The Three Little Pigs" and pause five times to answer cause and effect questions about the story and the characters' choices within the story. Students can see their percentage score at the end of the activity.

Students dig into authentic Arctic climate data to unravel some causes and effects related to the seasonal melting of the snowpack. In particular, students learn about albedo and its relationship to snowmelt. This concept applied to...

NASA's Earth Observatory offers photos showing locations of volcanic activity and earthquakes. Click on thumbnails to view large images and read about the causes and effects of these natural hazards.

This is a great resource that concentrates strategies and student activities in one place in an easy to use format, and can be navigated easily. Find great examples of probable passage, selective underlining, and semantic feature...

What are the causes and effects of acid rain in our environment? To learn more about this serious environmental issue check out this website. Contains a page with several acid rain activities for students.

Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...

This learning module focuses on using context clues to understand unknown words including definitions, examples, restatements, cause and effect/relationships, and comparisons. It provides examples with explanations and a practice...

Pre-reading activities can engage student interest, activate prior knowledge, or pre-teach potentially difficult concepts and vocabulary. They also offer a great opportunity to introduce comprehension components such as cause and effect,...

In this field investigation students will travel to Bonanza Educational center located on Big Stone Lake. The students will hike up the prairie where they will sit and sketch the topography of the land. The students will then travel down...

This hands-on activity explores five different forms of erosion (chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students rotate through stations and model each type of erosion on rocks, soils and minerals. The students record their...