Cause & Effect

RC 2.6 ELA 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 couldnt find his shoes, so he was late for school.

Cause couldnt 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 mothers garden.

Cause had a rabbit

Effect ate the garden

More Practice

What could be the cause?

Youre 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

Remember
Cause 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

Stacys 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 As 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 1
Cause Gave an elephant a peanut Effect What will happen? Write If you give an elephant a peanut, he will want

Sentence 2
Cause Effect Write

Sentence 3
Cause Effect Write

Sentence 4
Cause Effect Write

Sentence 5
Cause Effect Write

Sentence 6
Cause Effect Write

Conclusion
Bring 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