At the end of this course, you will be able to say:

I can...

• recognize causes and effects at my reading level
• know the difference between causes and effects
• identify simple cause and effect relationships when I am presented with situations
• use a thinking map to organize cause and effect information in a reading
• understand basic information in simple cause and effect texts
• understand content-specific vocabulary when used in context
• understand the relationship between causes and effects in simple texts
• answer questions about cause and effects from a passage
• recognize the effects that sentences have on a paragraph’s meaning when I am asked to add them