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Critical Thinking – Cause & Effect

Critical Thinking · Level 1 · Worksheet 5 of 5 · CCSS: RL.1.3, RI.1.3 · Practice Set 2
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1 Match Cause & Effect
🔗 Draw a line from each CAUSE to its EFFECT.
Cause (Why it happened) Effect (What happened)
The ice cream sat in the sun. They won the championship.
Maya forgot her umbrella. It melted into a puddle.
The team practiced every day. The vase broke into pieces.
The cat knocked over the vase. She got soaked in the rain.

Write your matches: 1→ 2→ 3→ 4→

2 What Caused It?
🤔 Read the effect. Write what might have CAUSED it.
Effect Possible Cause
The classroom was silent.
The plants wilted and turned brown.
The kids cheered loudly.
The lights suddenly turned off.
3 What Will Happen?
🔮 Read the cause. Write what EFFECT it might have.
Cause Possible Effect
You skip lunch at school.
You practice spelling words every night.
You leave the freezer door open.
A bee lands on your hand and you swat it.
4 Your Own Cause & Effect
✍️ Write 2 cause-and-effect pairs of your own.

Pair 1:

Cause:

Effect:

Pair 2:

Cause:

Effect:

+ Bonus Thinking Practice
Use this quick challenge for Set 2.

Riddle: The more you take away from me, the larger I become. What am I?

Explain how you knew.

⭐ Great thinking today!
Critical Thinking · Level 1 · Worksheet 5
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