Cause & Effect

RC 2.6ELA Standards

4th Grade

What is Cause & Effect?

• Cause is why something happens.• Effect is what happens as a result.

Example

• I ate an entire pizza for dinner, so now my stomach hurts.

Cause – Ate too much pizza

Effect – Stomach ache

• Sam couldn’t find his shoes, so he was late for school.

Cause – couldn’t find shoes

Effect – late for school

• Disneyland is giving away free tickets if you volunteer to work a day for free in your community.

Cause – work a day for free

Effect – free tickets

• The elephant was able to escape because the gate to the enclosure was left open.

Cause – the gate was left open

Effect – elephant escaped

• Mia had a pet rabbit, but it ate all of the vegetables in her mother’s garden.

Cause – had a rabbit

Effect – ate the garden

More Practice

What could be the cause?

• You’re grounded

• Your received $100

• You made the swimming team

What could be the effect?

• You studied extra hard

• You reached your AR goal

• You mowed lawns all summer

RememberCause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens as a

result

Game

Loren left his book on his desk, so he was unable to finish his

homework.

Cause Effect

Stacy’s flowers died because she forgot to water them for a

week.

Cause Effect

The kids at Cinnamon earned a carnival because they worked

hard on their STAR tests.

Cause Effect

My dad gave me $50 for getting straight A’s on my

report card.

Cause Effect

It snowed last night so school was canceled today.

Cause Effect

Read Aloud

Story Elements

How did the story begin?• Moose wanted a muffin.

Then what happened?• He wanted jam to go with it.

And because he wanted jam, what happened next?

He wanted…

Writing

If You Give An Elephant a

Peanut

Sentence 1Cause – Gave an elephant a peanut…

Effect – What will happen?

Write – If you give an elephant a peanut, he will want

Sentence 2Cause –

Effect –

Write –

Sentence 3Cause –

Effect –

Write –

Sentence 4Cause –

Effect –

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Sentence 5Cause –

Effect –

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Sentence 6Cause –

Effect –

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ConclusionBring it back to the first sentence you

wrote.

Cause –

Effect –

Write –

Resources

Library Books

• If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

• If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff