4th Grade Compare and Contrast Resources

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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 help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!
 

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

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.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

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

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

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

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