Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

How do the Sun and the Moon interact with the Earth, and how do all three depend on one another? Find out in this science worksheet.

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.

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

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.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

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

Keeping a reading log is a great way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Your students will build reading fluency and stamina by logging and graphing their reading time.

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

Discover the rhythm and rhyme of poetry with this second- and third-grade reading activity!