Teaching Cause and Effect

Teachers use the Cause-and-Effect Routine to help students engage in higher-order reasoning and to think critically about an event, action, idea, topic or procedure, important key terms necessary for understanding causes and effects, and to summarize understanding.

Be sure to note the Device and Implementation Checklists!

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Checklists

TC&E: Device Checklist
TC&E: Device Checklist

This fillable form can be used by an instructional coach, or it can be used by teachers to evaluate their own devices.

TC&E: Implementation Checklist
TC&E: Implementation Checklist

This fillable form can be used by an instructional coach, or it can be used by teachers to reflect on their own imple...

Examples

C&E Examples
C&E Examples

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Poster / Visual Aid

TC&E: Classroom Posters 4 files
TC&E: Classroom Posters

Visual Devices (PDF, Word, PPT, GoogleSlides)

TC&E: Device (fillable PDF)
TC&E: Device (fillable PDF)
TC&E: Device (ppt)
TC&E: Device (ppt)
Teaching Cause and Effect device (google slide)
Teaching Cause and Effect device (google slide)

Follow the link, then click on the blue "Make a Copy" button to add the Unit Organizer template to your Google Folder.

Other resources

C&E: Using C&E to Write Essays
C&E: Using C&E to Write Essays
C&E: Words that might signal Cause or Effect
C&E: Words that might signal Cause or Effect