eSpark Learning: Analyzing Cause and Effect Instructional Video (4.RI.3) - By eSparkLearningVideos
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| 00:06 | in this lesson will use information from a nonfiction text | |
| 00:10 | to explain why a certain outcome or event occurred . | |
| 00:14 | Often nonfiction texts like newspaper articles , history books or | |
| 00:19 | even recipes center around an outcome or a result in | |
| 00:23 | a newspaper article . The outcome might be the score | |
| 00:26 | of a sports game in a history book . The | |
| 00:29 | outcome might be about which country , when a war | |
| 00:32 | in a recipe . That outcome might be some yummy | |
| 00:35 | chocolate chip cookies . Learning about results like these could | |
| 00:39 | be more meaningful if we figure out what events or | |
| 00:41 | steps lead to or caused the outcome . An article | |
| 00:46 | might mention that a certain player got injured , which | |
| 00:49 | caused the home team toe . Lose the game . | |
| 00:52 | A history book might mention that a political leader brought | |
| 00:55 | people together in solidarity , which caused a certain country | |
| 00:58 | toe win the war , and a cookie recipe might | |
| 01:01 | mention that a Siris of steps like mixing certain ingredients | |
| 01:04 | and baking the dough will result in chocolate chip cookies | |
| 01:08 | . In each of these examples , we notice cause | |
| 01:11 | and effect relationships . An event that happens first causes | |
| 01:15 | a second event or outcome to occur . Let's take | |
| 01:18 | an example from a short article about the Amazon rainforest | |
| 01:22 | well read together first , can the Amazon be saved | |
| 01:26 | ? The Amazon rain forest is disappearing at an alarming | |
| 01:29 | rate . Bright colored two cans and other exotic birds | |
| 01:33 | fly among the forest . Emerald tree boas curl up | |
| 01:36 | on branches to stock pray . Endangered jaguars slink through | |
| 01:40 | the thick brush in search of food . These are | |
| 01:43 | just a few of the thousands of animals that call | |
| 01:45 | the Amazon rainforest Home . A tropical rainforest is warm | |
| 01:50 | and has heavy rainfall . The Amazon in South America | |
| 01:53 | is the largest rainforest in the world . Yet the | |
| 01:56 | Amazon's future is grim . Farmers air rapidly destroying this | |
| 02:00 | lush landscape . Deforestation has been a huge problem in | |
| 02:04 | the Amazon since the 19 sixties . Deforestation occurs when | |
| 02:09 | farmers and loggers cut down trees to make room for | |
| 02:11 | farms , homes and roads . Let's first look through | |
| 02:15 | the text and identify what kind of information is provided | |
| 02:19 | , Even though it comes first . The first line | |
| 02:21 | is my outcome . The Amazon is disappearing . The | |
| 02:25 | second paragraph provides background information about the kinds of animals | |
| 02:29 | that live in the Amazon . Similarly , the third | |
| 02:33 | paragraph gives us background information about the forests , climate | |
| 02:36 | and size . None of this background information tells me | |
| 02:39 | why the rain forest is disappearing , though the fourth | |
| 02:43 | paragraph does tell me why the rain forest is disappearing | |
| 02:46 | . It is because farmers and loggers air cutting down | |
| 02:48 | the rainforest trees , which is called deforestation . So | |
| 02:53 | deforestation , which happens first , is causing the Amazon | |
| 02:57 | to disappear . The Amazon is disappearing as a result | |
| 03:00 | or effect of deforestation . This leads me to wonder | |
| 03:04 | what is causing deforestation . Is deforestation the result of | |
| 03:09 | something else ? I'm going to scan the next part | |
| 03:11 | of the passage . It quotes a scientist . Let's | |
| 03:14 | read together . The single most important factor contributing to | |
| 03:18 | forest loss is population growth in Brazil , scientist Jim | |
| 03:21 | Boyer of the University of Michigan told weekly Reader . | |
| 03:25 | People make the forest their home . All these people | |
| 03:28 | need land for farming and wood for heat and cooking | |
| 03:31 | . They're looking for a way to survive here . | |
| 03:34 | I see that population growth is causing deforestation because there | |
| 03:38 | are more people in the area . There is a | |
| 03:40 | higher need for farming land and would to use for | |
| 03:43 | cooking and heat , so people are cutting down trees | |
| 03:46 | to summarize . We've just used cause and effect to | |
| 03:49 | describe a Siri's or a group of relationships . Population | |
| 03:54 | growth is causing deforestation , which in turn is causing | |
| 03:57 | the Amazon rainforest to disappear . So let's review what | |
| 04:01 | we did today . Our objective was to use information | |
| 04:05 | from a text to explain why a certain outcome or | |
| 04:08 | event occurred . To do this . We first read | |
| 04:11 | a text . Then we looked closely at the text | |
| 04:14 | to identify what kind of information was being provided . | |
| 04:18 | Was it a cause and effect or outcome ? Background | |
| 04:21 | information ? Next , we focused in on pieces of | |
| 04:25 | information that we had identified as causes and effects . | |
| 04:29 | Finally , we used our cause effect relationships to describe | |
| 04:33 | why a Siris of events occurred . So next time | |
| 04:36 | you're , for example , reading about a basketball player | |
| 04:39 | performing really well , ask yourself why and how did | |
| 04:43 | this happen ? Are there other events that caused the | |
| 04:46 | player to perform well ? Are there events that happened | |
| 04:48 | as a result of the players star performance ? Enjoy | |
| 04:51 | reading |
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DESCRIPTION:
This instructional video uses information from a nonfiction text to explain why a certain outcome or event occurred.
OVERVIEW:
ESpark Learning: Analyzing Cause and Effect Instructional Video (4.RI.3) is a free educational video by eSparkLearningVideos.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards RI.4.3,RI.4.1,.
This page not only allows students and teachers view ESpark Learning: Analyzing Cause and Effect Instructional Video (4.RI.3) but also find engaging Sample Questions, Apps, Pins, Worksheets, Books related to the following topics.
1. RI.4.3 : Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text..
2. RI.4.1 : Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text..
GRADES:
4
STANDARDS:
RI.4.3
RI.4.1
