3rd and 4th Grade Compare and Contrast Resources

This worksheet helps students analyze the ways in which stories are similar and different.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 practice comparing and contrasting characters 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.