Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

What type of change will you get? Use this resource with your students to compare and contrast chemical and physical reactions.

Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Use this resource with your students to get them making connections between two nonfiction texts on the same topic. They will use a Venn diagram to organize the similarities and differences.

Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Students will compare two informational texts on the same topic using a Venn diagram.