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A cause and effect chart is something that can be used over and over again. As we’re constantly trying to incorporate cross-curricular ideas (our Pinterest board is inundated with tons of lesson plans), we’ve updated this chart to reflect that. Now you can have your students integrate writing with the cause and effect concept they’re studying.
As science teachers, it’s intimidating to incorporate subject matter that we’re not as comfortable with. So we reached out to English teachers to get some pointers. Here are some tips for the explanation piece:
- This is actually the writing process at it’s finest. Allow students to use bullet points and incomplete sentences for the cause and effect columns.
- When they get to the explanation column, remind students to write with complete sentences. The explanation should formalize the incomplete sentences from the cause and effect columns.
- Require students to write in a detailed manner – as if their reader doesn’t have access to their cause and effect “rough drafts.”
- For grades 6-9, four to six sentences is an adequate explanation. Grades 10-12 should push for six to eight sentences.
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