Cause and Effect Task Cards

An effect is the result of an action. True or false?

• True

• False

What is the cause?

• Miss Smith was really tired and grumpy.

• Smith Smith stayed up too late reading.

What is the effect?

• Miss Smith was really tired and grumpy.

• Smith Smith stayed up too late reading.

The kids had lots of candy from Halloween and ate it all. When they went to the dentist they all had cavities.

What is the effect?

• They all had cavities.

• The kids ate all their Halloween candy.

What was the effect of Mila selling her old games and toys at the garage sale?

• Mila was able to buy a set of books she had been wanting.

• Mila's family had a garage sale.

• A lot of people came to the sale.

• Mila was able to donate the money to her local library.

What was the effect of Mila selling her old games and toys at the garage sale?

• Mila was able to buy a set of books she had been wanting.

• Mila's family had a garage sale.

• A lot of people came to the sale.

• Mila was able to donate the money to her local library.

Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels by the pool. Later, Carl got out of the pool and reached for a towel. He did not see the cell phone and it went flying into the water when he grabbed the towel on top of the stack. He jumped in after it, but the cell phone was ruined.

What caused mom's phone to fall into the pool?

• Carl grabbed the towel that the cell phone was on.

• The phone got ruined by the water.

• Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels.

• Carl jumped in the pool to get the phone.

Mila's family decided to have a garage sale. Mila collected all of her old games and toys to sell at the sale. A lot of people came to the sale and Mila sold almost everything. She spent the money she made on a set of books she had been wanting to read for a long time. What was the effect of Mila selling her old games and toys at the garage sale?

• Mila was able to buy a set of books she had been wanting.

• Mila's family had a garage sale.

• A lot of people came to the sale.

• Mila was able to donate the money to her local library.

What is the cause?

• She had good grades.

• The student came to school and did her homework.

The student came to school everyday and did all of her homework. She had very good grades on her report card.

What is the effect?

• She had good grades.

• The student came to school and did her homework.