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Kindergarten - 5th Grade Common Core Compare and Contrast Educational Resources : Page 3

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

Comparing and Contrasting with Sentence Frames

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

Nonfiction Text Features Checklist

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

Venn Diagram: Same Topic, Different Information

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Thinking About Themes: Reflection Cards

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

The Similarities in the Stories

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

Genre Guide & Reading Challenge

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.

Fruity Compare & Contrast

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Side-By-Side Nonfiction Text Features 

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

Compare Story Elements

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Fantasy Genre Discussion Cards

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

Glossary: Two Perspectives

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

Glossary: Learn to Compare and Contrast

Venn diagrams aren't just a math tool; they make great charts for reading comprehension too!

Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer

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

Christmas in Sweden

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #3

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare & Contrast Pictures.

Glossary: Compare & Contrast Pictures

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

I Can Infer

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Glossary: Character Comparisons

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #3

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare & Contrast Pictures.

Vocabulary Cards: Compare & Contrast Pictures

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Glossary: Identifying Character and Setting

After reading the last sections of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #4

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Compare and Contrast Texts: Same Sub-Genre

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #2

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Vocabulary Cards: Identifying Character and Setting

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

Finding Comparisons

How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

Compare Two Characters

Can you imagine celebrating Christmas in the summer? That's what the people in New Zealand do!

Christmas in New Zealand

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Head to Head Fiction: Themes

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