BLUE Cause & Effect Task Cards

Use this text to answer questions 1-3. 

Grace could hear the click-clacking of the keyboard. She looked at her watch and sighed. It was already 7:45, and she needed to be at school by 8:00. 

"I just need to finish the last email," mom told Grace.

Out the window, grace saw Jen, her neighbor and best friend, pull out of the garage with her mom. She wondered if she would have been better off taking a ride with her today.

"Ack! All right let's go. My battery just died, so I'll finish the email when I get to work!" mom finally said.

It was 7:51. There was no way Grace would make it to school on time.

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What caused Grace to sigh when she looked at her watch?

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Waiting on her neighbor, Jen, is what caused her to be late to school.

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Mom finally agreed to leave for school because she finished her email.

Use this text for questions 4-6. 

"Hey! Over here! I'm open!" called Jack from the side of the house. 

The boys were playing football in the front yard, and Jack was wide open-there was nobody near him to intercept the ball. 

Tim threw the ball in his direction. Jack tried to catch the flying football, but it flew far above his head. Both boys watched in horror as the ball flew through the window and shattered the glass. 

"I...I...I think I better go tell my mom what just happened," Jack stuttered, walking into his house.

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What caused Tim to throw the ball to Jack?

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What caused the window to get broken?

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What will likely be the effect of telling mom about the accident? Use a complete sentence to answer.

Use this text to answer questions 7-9.

Dan had to finish his chores before he could catch a game of basketball with his friends. 

"Make sure you put your laundry in the washing machine before you leave." his mom reminded him. 

Dan gathered his clothes and threw them in the machine. He quickly poured soap in the tray and started the machine. 

When he returned an hour later to put them in the dryer, he found all of his clothes had turned pink! It took him a moment, but soon he realized what he had done. In his rush out the door, he forgot to take his new red sweater out of the the laundry basket.

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What are some reasonable effects of all of his laundry being pink now? Mark all of the logical/possible effects.

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Dan was in a rush because his mom asked him to put his laundry in before he went to play basektball.

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What caused the clothes to turn pink?

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What caused Grace to sigh when she looked at her watch?

Waiting on her neighbor, Jen, is what caused her to be late to school.

Mom finally agreed to leave for school because she finished her email.

What caused Tim to throw the ball to Jack?

What caused the window to get broken?

What will likely be the effect of telling mom about the accident? Use a complete sentence to answer.

What are some reasonable effects of all of his laundry being pink now? Mark all of the logical/possible effects.

Dan was in a rush because his mom asked him to put his laundry in before he went to play basektball.

What caused the clothes to turn pink?

Too much talking in class causes your teacher to get irritated. (Shh!)