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The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect |
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http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/jimmy-taught-cause-effect-1029.html |
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Lesson/Unit Plan
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This unit introduces the concept of cause and effect with Trinka Hakes Noble's books about Jimmy and his boa constrictor. Each lesson begins with the teacher reading a new story about Jimmy and his boa and the chaos they bring to each place they visit. Class discussions about each event and its cause are followed by tasks for the students to help illustrate understanding of the concept. Students create cause-and-effect pictures, puzzles, and flow charts as they explore the genre. As a culminating activity, students write their own book with causes and effects, which are assessed with a rubric. |
| Content Standard(s): |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 2. Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 4. With guidance and support, ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify information presented orally, through text, or other media.
Example: Use interrogatives who, what, where, when, why, and how to ask questions. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 15. Orally read and reread grade-appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and expressively, at an appropriate rate to support comprehension. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
| 33. Express ideas orally and connect these ideas through drawing and emergent writing. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
| 23. Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text.
a. Describe the characters and settings, using illustrations and textual evidence from a story.
b. Retell the plot or sequence of major events in chronological order. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| R5. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. |
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boa constrictor, book, book cover creator, cause and effect, discussion, flow charts, illustrate, Jimmys Boa, publication, puzzles, read aloud, snake, Trinka Hakes Noble, writing |
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