Cause and effect reader's theater

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Cause and effect reader's theater
By Mama B

I am a Reader's theater nut. I use them for content and teaching difficult concepts.

If you have several days, the readers theater called "It Wasn't My Fault" might be helpful. I used it as a guided reading lesson
the first day and assigned parts-- (yes I had two groups working on the same script.) and I allowed them to practice for 10 minutes every day. On the third day we used a Flow map to show the cuases and effect with in the script. I actually gave an assessment on the actual reader's theater asking students to tell what the effects or causes of specific events in the script. When I did this

specific activity, I spent the majority of the week integrating cuase and effect in my science activities, read-alouds and in social studies. ( We were doing American Revolution at the time) I made sure I used cause and effect charts with each subject so they were familiar with the graphic organizer, and hopefully they could visualize when something occured. Hope that helps!