Cause

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Cause Effect

• RC 2.6
• ELA Standards

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

• Cause couldnt 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 mothers garden.

• Cause had a rabbit
• Effect ate the garden

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More Practice
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What could be the cause?

• Youre 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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Remember
Cause is why something happens.
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Effect is what happens as a result
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Game
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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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Try Again
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Correct!
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Stacys flowers died because she forgot to water
them for a week.
Cause
Effect
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Try Again
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Correct!
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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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Try Again
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Correct!
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My dad gave me 50 for getting straight As on my
report card.
Cause
Effect
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Try Again
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Correct!
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It snowed last night so school was canceled today.
Cause
Effect
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Try Again
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Correct!
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Read Aloud
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Story Elements
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Cause

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

Effect
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• And because he wanted jam, what happened next?
• He wanted

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Writing
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If You Give An Elephant a Peanut
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Sentence 1

• Cause 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 2

• Cause
• Effect
• Write

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Sentence 3

• Cause
• Effect
• Write

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Sentence 4

• Cause
• Effect
• Write

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Sentence 5

• Cause
• Effect
• Write

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Sentence 6

• Cause
• Effect
• Write

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Conclusion

• Bring it back to the first sentence you wrote.
• Cause
• Effect
• Write

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Resources
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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