5th Grade Compare and Contrast Resources

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

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?

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.

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

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 familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

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.

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!
 

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

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.

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

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.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

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

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

This worksheet will enable your readers to examine several books in a series and compare and contrast the main features across the texts.

This worksheet is all about the haunting at the Princess Theater. Kids will read eyewitness accounts and then write some critical thinking responses.

With this fun comprehension exercise kids will read a few theories about Stonehenge, and then write a response to tell their opinion.

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

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

In this fun worksheet, read all about the Vodnici and then answer some critical thinking questions about the eyewitness accounts.