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Cause & Effect
RC 2.6ELA Standards
4th Grade
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What is Cause & Effect?
• Cause is why something happens.• Effect is what happens as a result.
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Example
• I ate an entire pizza for dinner, so now my stomach hurts.
Cause – Ate too much pizza
Effect – Stomach ache
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• Sam couldn’t find his shoes, so he was late for school.
Cause – couldn’t find shoes
Effect – late for school
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• 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
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• The elephant was able to escape because the gate to the enclosure was left open.
Cause – the gate was left open
Effect – elephant escaped
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• 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
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What could be the cause?
• You’re grounded
• Your received $100
• You made the swimming team
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What could be the effect?
• You studied extra hard
• You reached your AR goal
• You mowed lawns all summer
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RememberCause is why something happens.
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Effect is what happens as a
result
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Loren left his book on his desk, so he was unable to finish his
homework.
Cause Effect
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Stacy’s flowers died because she forgot to water them for a
week.
Cause Effect
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The kids at Cinnamon earned a carnival because they worked
hard on their STAR tests.
Cause Effect
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My dad gave me $50 for getting straight A’s on my
report card.
Cause Effect
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It snowed last night so school was canceled today.
Cause Effect
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How did the story begin?• Moose wanted a muffin.
Then what happened?• He wanted jam to go with it.
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And because he wanted jam, what happened next?
He wanted…
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If You Give An Elephant a
Peanut
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Sentence 1Cause – Gave an elephant a peanut…
Effect – What will happen?
Write – If you give an elephant a peanut, he will want
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Sentence 2Cause –
Effect –
Write –
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Sentence 3Cause –
Effect –
Write –
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Sentence 4Cause –
Effect –
Write –
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Sentence 5Cause –
Effect –
Write –
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Sentence 6Cause –
Effect –
Write –
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ConclusionBring it back to the first sentence you
wrote.
Cause –
Effect –
Write –
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Library Books
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
• If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff