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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this 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 resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

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.

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

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!
 

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.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, 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.

This worksheet gives kids the opportunity to compare and contrast two different versions of the Greek myth of Persephone.

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

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