Nonfiction Compare and Contrast Resources

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

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.

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

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

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

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

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! 

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 two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

With this resource, give your students practice comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

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

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

If your students struggle with how to compare and contrast texts, this worksheet can be used for reteaching or extra practice.

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

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

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.