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- Lesson Plans
- Clifford: Mirror Talk
Early Childhood, K-2
Observe similarities and differences between yourself and others.
- Famous Bears
Early Childhood, K-2
Bears lead the way in this activity that encourages children to compare and contrast story characters and events.
- Picture This
6-8
Use knowledge of fractions to solve problems about camera settings.
- That's Just Ducky!
K-2
Students explore the world of idioms with this fun matching activity.based on There's A Frog in My Throat!
by Loreen Leedy and Pat Street.
- Unit Plan: Different Ways We Celebrate
K-2
Study ways that families celebrate the holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa), then compare and contrast them in a paragraph.
- Unit Plan: Extra! Extra! Titanic Sinks
3-5
Step back in time and create a newspaper page filled with facts about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
- Unit Plan: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
6-8
Learn to identify writing as fiction or nonfiction with these activities.
- Unit Plan: History According to Shakespeare
6-8
Study Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and compare Shakespeare's interpretation of the events to historical facts.
- Unit Plan: Laurence Yep’s Dragonwings
6-8
Make connections between a text read independently and prior knowledge, other texts, and the world.
- Unit Plan: Point of View
3-5
Find out what it's like to "step into someone else's shoes" and see how people's perception of the world affects how they act and feel.
- Unit Plan: Real-World Conflict Resolution
6-8
Read a story about Abd al-Rahmen Ibrahima, complete graphic organizers, and discuss conflict resolution.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Immigration: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the "Immigration" online activity in the classroom.
- The First Thanksgiving: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using "The First Thanksgiving" online activity in the classroom.
- Reproducibles
- "A Fishy Tale"
3-5
Read about an "Under the Sea" party and learn to compare and contrast.
- Alike or Different
K-2, 3-5
Students choose to things to compare and contrast in this activity. (PDF) Source: Super-Fun Reading & Writing Skill Builders
- Comparing Characters
3-5
A Venn diagram helps students to compare and contrast character traits and make literary connections. (PDF) Source: The Big Book of Reproducible Graphic Organizers
- Picture This!
3-5
Use this reproducible to compare and contrast illustrations. (PDF) Source: Super-Fun Reading & Writing Skill Builders
- Proverbs From Around the World
3-5, 6-8
Compare proverbs from other cultures with this reproducible. (PDF) Source: Keep the Rest of the Class Reading & Writing . . . While You Teach Small Groups
- Some Are the Same
K-2
An animal-filled coloring page helps kids to make visual comparisons.
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