1st grade cause and effect worksheet - Cause and effect activity ... - Free Printable

Explanation:
We need to match each cause (left column) with its logical effect (right column). Let’s go one by one and think about what *logically follows* from each cause.

1. Cause: “It was hot and humid”
→ What would someone likely do? Turn on the air conditioner.
→ Look at the effects: “so, he turned on the air conditioner.” ✔ This matches.

2. Cause: “Because she has field-day activities today,”
→ Field day = outdoor fun, maybe running, games — but how does that connect to an effect?
Check effects: “it was hard for Jane to focus.” Hmm — not obviously linked.
Wait — maybe we’re missing something. Let’s hold and check others first.

3. Cause: “The spaghetti was cooked”
→ If spaghetti is cooked, you’d usually turn off the stove (to avoid burning).
→ Effect: “and therefore, she turned the stove off.” ✔ That makes sense.

4. Cause: “As it was Halloween,”
→ On Halloween, people often wear costumes.
→ Effect: “we put on our costumes.” ✔ Perfect match.

5. Cause: “Since the noise was quite disturbing,”
→ Disturbing noise → someone might stop what they’re doing, like cooking.
→ Effect: “and therefore, she turned the stove off.” Wait — we already used that for spaghetti.
But look again: the effect “and therefore, she turned the stove off” is paired with the spaghetti cause in the layout — actually, the visual shows the spaghetti cause next to the stove-off effect (with the pot image). So that pairing is intentional.

Let’s list all causes and effects clearly:

Causes (left):
A. It was hot and humid
B. Because she has field-day activities today
C. The spaghetti was cooked
D. As it was Halloween
E. Since the noise was quite disturbing

Effects (right):
1. it was hard for Jane to focus
2. we put on our costumes
3. so, he turned on the air conditioner
4. Daisy is excited to go to school
5. and therefore, she turned the stove off

Now match logically:

- A (hot & humid) → 3 (turned on AC) ✔️
- D (Halloween) → 2 (put on costumes) ✔️
- C (spaghetti was cooked) → 5 (turned stove off) ✔️
- E (noise disturbing) → ? Only remaining effects: 1 and 4.
- “it was hard for Jane to focus” could be caused by noise — yes! Loud noise makes focusing hard.
So E → 1 ✔️
- That leaves B (“she has field-day activities today”) → only effect left: “Daisy is excited to go to school.”
Is that logical? Field day is at school, so if there’s a fun field day, a student might be excited to go to school. Yes — especially if Daisy is the student. The name “Daisy” appears only in that effect, and the cause says “she”, so likely same person. ✔️

So final matching:
- It was hot and humid → so, he turned on the air conditioner.
- Because she has field-day activities today → Daisy is excited to go to school.
- The spaghetti was cooked → and therefore, she turned the stove off.
- As it was Halloween → we put on our costumes.
- Since the noise was quite disturbing → it was hard for Jane to focus.

All five matched logically.

Final Answer:
It was hot and humid → so, he turned on the air conditioner.
Because she has field-day activities today → Daisy is excited to go to school.
The spaghetti was cooked → and therefore, she turned the stove off.
As it was Halloween → we put on our costumes.
Since the noise was quite disturbing → it was hard for Jane to focus.