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Kindergarten - 6th Grade Common Core Compare and Contrast Worksheets : Page 3

Help students reflect on chapters 1&ndash;4 of&nbsp;Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Novel Study: A Wrinkle in Time: Discussion Guide #1

Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan&rsquo;s The Lightning Thief.

Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Discussion Guide #4 

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Glossary: Scary Story Elements

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

Comparing Characters: Haunted Hotel

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

Compare & Contrast Themes

Upon finishing&nbsp;The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Movie Study

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

Compare and Contrast Written vs. Audio/Visual Forms of a Text

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 19&ndash;25 of Anne of Green Gables.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Discussion Guide #3

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

The Similarities in the Stories

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

Comparing Characters from Two Fiction Texts

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

Comparing and Contrasting: Feeding our Pets

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

Compare Story Elements

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Fantasy Genre Discussion Cards

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

Venn Diagram: Same Topic, Different Information

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.

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: The Influence of the Sun

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.

Firsthand or Secondhand Account?

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

Hot or Cold? How Temperatures Affect Plants

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #2

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.

Comparing and Contrasting with Sentence Frames

Venn diagrams aren't just a math tool; they make great charts for reading comprehension too!

Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

Fruity Compare & Contrast

If you're good in Mexico, the Three Wise Men might come on Christmas Day and leave you candy and money!

Christmas in Mexico

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Glossary: Internal & External Character Traits

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor&rsquo;s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.&nbsp;

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Discussion Guide #1 

If your students struggle with how to compare and contrast texts, this worksheet can be used for reteaching or extra practice.

Feeding Our Pets

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Glossary: Comparing Literature Themes

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.

Side-By-Side Nonfiction Text Features 

Use this Venn diagram to help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting characters.

Compare & Contrast Fairy Tale Characters

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Compare and Contrast Texts: Same Sub-Genre

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

Topic & Theme Between Fiction Texts

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