Compare and Contrast Texts 3rd Grade

What does it mean to compare things?

• look at differences
• look at similarities

What does it mean to contrast?

• To tell what is alike and what is the same.
• To tell what is different.
• To tell what is the same.
• To tell what is alike and what is different.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or text are SIMILAR.

• Contrast
• Similie
• Conflict
• Compare

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT.

• Compare
• Contrast
• Conflict
• Cause and Effect

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

When we compare and contrast while reading we are looking for?

• similarities and differences
• wrongs and rights
• truth and lies
• clues and facts

_{what is one thing that is the same in this picture?}

• they are both yellow 
• they are green

_{^{What two things are being compared in this picture?}}

• apples and oranges
• grapes and bananas

_{what is one difference between the two in this picture?}

• one is red and one is orange
• one is good and one is not

Cinderella is kind and helpful, while her sisters are cruel and demanding. This sentence is...

• Comparing the sisters qualities

• Contrasting the sisters qualities