Elementary School Common Core Compare and Contrast Resources

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.

If you're good in Mexico, the Three Wise Men might come on Christmas Day and leave you candy and money!

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

Have you ever heard of Julbock, the Christmas goat, or Tomten, the gift-giving Christmas elf? Learn how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden!

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

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

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

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

Pretend you're spending the holidays in France as you discover the Christmas customs and culinary delights of a country half a world away!

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

Did you know that you could celebrate Christmas in December and then fly to Russia to celebrate the same holiday in January?

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

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

Help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting nonfiction texts using this helpful Venn diagram.

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

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

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

Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

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

Get inspired by the traditions of the Philippines this holiday season!

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

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

Learn all about Sinterklaas (sound familiar?) and the fun traditions that kids in the Netherlands look forward to every Christmas!

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

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.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet!