Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

by Stephanie Giermek

​Cause and Effect

​Cause and effect are about how one thing can cause something else to happen.

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The cause is why something happened.

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The effect is what happened.

Multiple Choice

The ________ is why something happened.

• Effect

• Cause

Multiple Choice

The _______is what happened.

• Cause 

• Effect

​​Terrence Learns About the Color Wheel

After dinner, Terrence got back to experimenting with his new watercolor set. He liked to mix colors together to see what new color he would get. His drawings were looking much cooler now that he could paint them too. Terrence was also writing down which color mixes were best. He noticed that when he mixed yellow and blue, he got green. When he mixed yellow and red, he got orange, and when he mixed red and blue, he got purple. A lot of colors that he mixed just came out brown.

​What is the effect of each cause?

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Multiple Choice

1. Terrence wanted to remember which watercolor mixes were the best so...

• Terrence tried out all kinds of different color mixes.

• Terrance wrote down notes about the different color mixes

• Terrence noticed that a lot of color mixes came out brown

Multiple Choice

What happened when Terrence mixed yellow paint and blue paint?

• Terrence got green paint.

• Terrence got orange paint.

• Terrence got purple paint.

Multiple Choice

What happened when Terrence mixed yellow paint and red paint?

• Terrence got green paint.

• Terrence got orange paint.

• Terrence got purple paint.

​Terrence Learns About the Color Wheel

​Terrence was just making another note about color mixes when his dad came in. His dad looked at Terrence’s notes. “Well I’ll be darned!” his dad said. “I’ll be right back.” Terrence heard his dad’s computer go on. Then he heard the printer printing. “Look at this,” his dad said. “You’ve re-invented the color wheel!” “What do you mean?” Terrence asked, looking at the picture his dad had printed from the computer.

Multiple Choice

What happened when Terrence’s dad looked at the notes that Terrence had taken?

• Terrence’s dad asked him about the notes he had taken

• Terrence’s dad showed Terrence how to mix certain colors.

• Terrence’s dad was surprised at the notes Terrence had taken.

Open Ended

Here is a cause: Terrence heard his dad’s computer go on, and then the printer printing.

What is the effect?

Answer​

Terrence’s dad showed him a picture he had just printed.​

​​Terrence Learns About the Color Wheel

​There were three large circles in a triangle. One was red, one was yellow, and one was blue. There were three smaller circles in between each of the two large circles. Between the yellow and blue circles was a smaller green circle. Between the yellow and red circles was a smaller orange circle. Between the red and blue circles was a smaller purple circle. The six small and large circles formed a larger circular shape, or a wheel shape. At the top of the page was the title: “The Color Wheel.” “It looks the same!” Terrence’s dad said. “Let’s go get some ice cream to celebrate.”

Open Ended

Here is a cause: Terrence looked at the picture of the color wheel.

What is the effect?

​Answer

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Terrence saw the same color combinations he had written in his notes

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​Credit: Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com