What is cause and effect?

● Go over examples
○ When _____________ happens, then _______________ happens
○ When the alarm clock goes off in the morning, the person wakes up
○ Because the girl was thirsty, she went to get a glass of water
○ After the tornado blew the roof off of their house, the family had to find another
place to live.

Review vocab words:

● Direction ● Spin ● Pull
● Force ● Rotate ● Friction
● Motion ● Axis ● Gravity
● Fall ● Kick ● Pendulum
● Float ● Push

Do Cause and Effect Chart about reading:

Cause Effect
Force pushes ball Ball moves

Strong force Object moves far

Weak force Object may not move far

Children pull Rope moves

Surfaces rub against objects Friction makes objects slow down or stop

Wrecking ball swings Building is knocked down

Push on swing Swing moves

Gravity pulls objects toward Earth Swing stops/ food falls/ people stay on the
ground

● Give students the bolded and underlined parts of the chart; have students fill in or
discuss what could go in the blanks of their chart (the sections that are not bolded and
underlined)
● Use white board to go over this with students
○ Split the board in half (one side Cause, one side Effect)
○ Write the bolded/underlined parts on the board under the right column, and write
down answers students give in the other column for the cause or effect of what
you have already given them