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Use this resource to help your students develop their understanding of trapezoids and other two-dimensional shapes. Students will compare the attributes of trapezoids to those of other plane figures, such as triangles and ovals, in this geometry activity.

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

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice comparing fractions in the context of real-world scenarios with this third-grade math worksheet!

Can you see the symmetry? Use this resource with your students to practice identifying shapes with symmetry. After your students identify the symmetrical shapes, they will draw a line of symmetry.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

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

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

What makes a sphere unique compared to other shapes? Does it share any similarities? Use this resource with your young mathematicians to practice identifying the characteristics of this three-dimensional shape and comparing it to other shapes.

Use this fun exercise with your students to practice finding the area of shapes by counting unit squares.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Naming Shapes and their Attributes.

Can your students differentiate between a pentagon and a hexagon or circle? Can they explain what makes these shapes unique? This resource will give your students practice identifying the characteristics of a pentagon and comparing it to other 2-D shapes.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Naming Shapes and their Attributes.

It’s time to flex your math muscles with this great geometry activity! Use this resource with your students as they practice identifying and counting angles in different two-dimensional shapes.

Use this resource to practice comparing and contrasting key points and details between two texts. This graphic organizer will help your students organize the important information from two informational texts on the same topic.

What makes a hexagon a hexagon? How is it different from other polygons? This handy geometry resource with help your students to practice identifying the characteristics of a hexagon and comparing them to other two-dimensional shapes.

What makes a trapezoid unique? How is it different from a hexagon or a pentagon? Use this resource with your students to practice identifying the characteristics of a trapezoid and comparing them to other 2-D shapes.

A key characteristic of trapezoids is that they have a set of parallel lines—lines that never intersect. Use this helpful geometry resource with your students to practice identifying parallel lines in trapezoids and comparing different 2-D shapes.

What makes a cylinder a cylinder? How does it compare to a cube or cone? Use this great geometry resource with your students to practice identifying the characteristics of a cylinder and comparing them to other three-dimensional shapes.

What makes a cone different from a cylinder or a cube? Use this helpful resource with your students to take their geometry skills to the next level as they practice identifying the characteristics of a cone and comparing them to other 3-D shapes.

Why is two thirds bigger than one half? Help kids visualize simple fractions with this beginner's practice page.