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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 2 Circles

For Students K - 1st Standards
A printable Venn diagram to use when comparing and contrasting two things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for short lessons that introduce the use of Venn Diagrams to kindergarten students. Uses interactive Venn Diagram exercises to make the concept easy to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Venn Diagram [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachers will learn how to use Venn Diagrams in their classrooms. Teachers will learn how to implement Venn Diagrams; measure progress with Venn Diagrams; and find research to support the use of Venn Diagrams. A blank Venn Diagram is...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Sets and Venn Diagrams

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A collection of activities that help students understand number relationships by using Venn diagrams to solve math problems. Practice problem solving skills in the interactive practice. Then, follow up with a classroom activity using the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 3 Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable Venn Diagram with three circles to use when comparing and contrasting three things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram Rubric

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A printable three-leveled rubric for evaluating a Venn diagram in the areas of test support of comparisons, placement of statements, and number of quality statements. Directions on how to use this rubric as well as lists of teaching...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: But, Are They Really That Different?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students cannot compare and contrast adventures and experiences in stories or explain differences between books without first understanding how to compare. In this lesson, students will learn how to use a Venn Diagram to compare two...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: I Know Why I Like Pie

For Teachers K - 1st
Active, imaginative teaching with nursery rhymes takes advantage of how the brain learns best! In this lesson, students will use a Venn Diagram to compare "Little Jack Horner" to "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to compare and contrast texts about life cycles using a Venn diagram. Then, using the Venn diagram, students will write an expository paragraph including an introductory sentence,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This graphic organizer can be use with students when they read an informational text. Using a Venn diagram to organize content, students will write important similarities and differences after reading an informational text and analyzing...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Lesson on Comparing & Contrasting Using Cinderella

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
In this lesson, students will learn to compare and contrast 2 different versions of "Cinderella." Students will use a Venn diagram and make predictions.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Can We Help Save the Earth?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The children will compare two texts: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet, about an old house and an animal's home respectively, using a Venn Diagram. They should be guided to address the...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
The point of this instructional activity is to introduce children to the idea of comparison through Venn diagrams. Children will compare two stories using the Venn diagram.
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Venn Diagrams With the Pain and the Great One

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Come and check out this awesome lesson plan featuring Judy Blume's book, "The Pain and the Great One." Learners will have an opportunity to learn about comparing and contrasting through this Venn diagram lesson plan.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Compare and Contrast Informational Text

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This third grade lesson plan engages students in comparing and contrasting paired informational text passages about frogs. Students will use a Venn Diagram to keep track of the information.
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Education.com

Education.com: Compare and Contrast Non Fiction Stories: Extinct Birds

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will compare two informational texts about two extinct birds, the Great Auk and the Dodo. A Venn Diagram is provided to be used when comparing an contrasting tests.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Arctic vs. Antarctic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between two texts about the polar habitats by using a Venn diagram. Included in this lesson are guided questions to use while reading, a printable Venn Diagram, and pictures...
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using a Fairy Tale to Teach the Elements of a Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will hear and read different versions of a familiar fairy tale and identify what elements a story must have (character, plot, setting) for the story to be interesting and make sense. Using a Venn diagram, students will then...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the comparison and contrast essays; it defines new terms: compare/contrast essay, yin/yang Venn diagram, block comparison, and point by point comparison. It also provides a slideshow which defines and discusses the...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Christmas Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Using two different versions of "The Night Before Christmas," young scholars use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast them.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing & Writing About Non Fiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Introduce your learners to the different types of non-fiction such as biographies, biographies, and informative books. Students will use graphic organizers, peer interaction, and hands-on experiences to further understanding of this lesson.
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Signs of Spring

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site has a high-level thinking activity for your ESL students. Use a Venn Diagram to compare Spring and Winter. It features downloads and resources.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share Compare and Contrast

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A slide show with ten slides designed to build skills in comparing, contrasting, and using Venn diagrams.