What & Why: Cause & Effect Organiser

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Overview:

A graphic organiser designed for early and middle years students to practise identifying and recording cause and effect relationships by showing ‘what happened’ and ‘why it happened.’

Learning Objectives:

Distinguish between causes and their effects in various contexts.
Organise information clearly using a structured graphic organiser.
Enhance comprehension and analytical thinking skills.

How the Activity Works:

Students use the graphic organiser to identify and record cause and effect relationships. Each pair of boxes prompts students to write ‘what happened’ (the effect) in one box and ‘why it happened’ (the cause) in the other. The organiser provides a simple yet effective framework to help students visualise and understand the connection between actions and their outcomes. This resource is versatile and can be applied to a variety of texts or real-life scenarios.

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