Pat’s Birthday Trip: Cause & Effect Match

Overview:

A worksheet designed for early years students to identify and match cause and effect relationships through pictures in a short passage about Pat's birthday.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognise and understand cause and effect relationships in a narrative.
• Use visual cues (pictures) to match causes with their effects.
• Develop comprehension skills by connecting events in a logical sequence.

How the Activity Works:

Students read a short passage about Pat's birthday and are provided with a set of pictures depicting various events from the story. They cut and paste the pictures into the cause and effect organiser, matching each cause with its corresponding effect. This engaging activity supports early literacy skills by helping students make connections between actions and outcomes in the story.

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