This document provides examples of cause and effect relationships and defines key terms. Cause is defined as why something happens, while effect is what happens as a result. Several examples are given such as eating too much pizza causing a stomach ache or not being able to find shoes causing someone to be late for school. The document encourages identifying causes and effects in stories and scenarios.

1. Cause & Effect

2. What is Cause & Effect?
• Cause is why something happens.
• Effect is what happens as a result.

3. Example
• I ate an entire pizza for dinner, so now
my stomach hurts.
Cause – Ate too much pizza
Effect – Stomach ache

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

5. • Disneyworld 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

6. • The elephant was able to escape
because the gate to the enclosure was
left open.
Cause – the gate was left open
Effect – elephant escaped

7. • 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

8. More Practice

9. What could be the cause?
• You’re grounded
• Your received $100
• You made the swimming team

10. What could be the effect?
• You studied extra hard
• You reached your AR goal
• You mowed lawns all summer

11. Remember
Cause is why
something
happens.

12. Effect is what
happens as a
result

13. Game

14. Loren left his book on his desk,
so he was unable to finish his
homework.
Cause Effect

17. Stacy’s flowers died because
she forgot to water them for a
week.
Cause Effect

20. The kids at Cinnamon earned a
carnival because they worked
hard on their STAR tests.
Cause Effect

23. My dad gave me $50 for getting
straight A’s on my report card.
Cause Effect

26. It snowed last night so school
was canceled today.
Cause Effect

29. Read Aloud

31. Story Elements

32. How did the story begin?
• Moose wanted a muffin.
Then what happened?
• He wanted jam to go with it.

33. And because he wanted jam, what
happened next?
He wanted…

34. Writing

35. If You Give An
Elephant a Peanut

36. Sentence 1
Cause – Gave an elephant a peanut…
Effect – What will happen?
Write – If you give an elephant a peanut,
he will want

37. Sentence 2
Cause –
Effect –
Write –

38. Sentence 3
Cause –
Effect –
Write –

39. Sentence 4
Cause –
Effect –
Write –

40. Sentence 5
Cause –
Effect –
Write –

41. Sentence 6
Cause –
Effect –
Write –

42. Conclusion
Bring it back to the first sentence you
wrote.
Cause –
Effect –
Write –