Cause and Effect Lesson using FLIP Cameras
Harcourt Reading Story “Jimmy Boa’s Ate the Wash”
Name: Sharon Ferguson School: Findley Oaks Elementary
Grade(s): 2nd Grade . Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Lesson Title: Oh no Jimmy, what happened next?
Lesson Duration: 3 (50) minute lessons.
Essential Question(s):
What does the term cause and effect mean?
What is a cause and effect relationship?
Standards:
COMPREHENSION
ELA2R4 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student
k. Identifies and infers cause-and-effect relationships.
Assessments:
 Anecdotal Records Take notes by observation. Work habits, center completion, and behavior.
 Written test/quiz Make a Test online using ZOHO.com
Lesson description:
This lesson introduces the concept of cause and effect using Trinka Hakes Noble's book about Jimmy and his Boa Constrictor. The lesson begins with the teacher reading Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. When Jimmy takes his Boa on a field trip to a farm and his Boa sets off a series of cause and effect events. A class discussion helps determine the cause and effects in the story. The class completes the flip chart on Pronetheanplanet.com., together. Then divide into groups for centers.
Lesson directions:
Session 1
1. Introduce and read the book The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash.
2. While reading the story, ask the students what is happening and why each event occurred. For example: Why did the farmer crash into the haystack? Why were the pigs on the bus? Why were they eating the lunches?
3. After the story, introduce the vocabulary term cause and effect. Explain that a cause is what makes something happen and the effect is a result of that action. Ask students what caused these events. (e.g., They ran out of eggs. Jimmy's boa scared the chickens. The boa was in the laundry.) Use the flip chart from Pronetheanplanet.com to follow along and complete the cause and effect events from the story.
Session 2 and 3 ( 30 minutes each rotation)
Review the previous lesson and then break the students into groups of 4/5 for center rotation.
Paper Slide Video
Have the students fold a piece of copy paper in half. On one side write the word cause and on the other side write the word effect. Have the students make up a cause and effect of their own and illustrate it. Have the students color their paper using a medium of their choice. Have students make a class paper slide using a FLIP or video camera.
Paper slide directions
Assign numbers to the students. Put the students in number order. Put the papers in a pile on a table in the same number order. Have the students take turns explaining their cause and effect as you film only the paper using a FLIP or video camera looking down on the table at the papers only.
Acting out cause and effect relationships.
Pass out white construction paper. (81/2 by 11). Divide students into pairs. Have the students write a cause and effect that can be acted out. Have the students practice their cause and effect. Students can make props if necessary. When all of the students are ready film them using a FLIP camera, add background music if you like. Have the student’s show the cause and effect, then act out it out or visa verse.
Differentiation(s):
Activities include various avenues directed to enhance the concept of cause and effect.
Students with all learning styles will benefit from this lesson.
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, what cognitive level does this lesson address?
Constructing, planning or producing beyond existing information (Creating)
Final Reflection:
I started with a cause and effect lesson that I used in my classroom presently and added technology to it. I was very impressed with the results and how different learning styles were
integrated.
References:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1029/CausesEffects.pdf
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm#types%20of%20Multiple%20Intelligence
http://www.harcourtschool.com/
