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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Character [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included.[PDF]
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Compare Two Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson will allow learners to identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic. Includes a video on comparing and contrasting, printable charts, activities, and an assessment question.
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Website
CPALMS

Cpalms: lafs.k.ri.1.3

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Choose from a variety of lesson plans, resources, center activities, and a formative assessment that meets the standard of describing the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Points of Informational Text Main Idea and Details

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan uses the book Explorers of North America - A True Book by Brendan January to teach students how to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text and specific paragraphs within the text. Students are...
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Professional Doc
Axelson Academy

Axelson Academy:types of Texts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This professional resource will help teachers understand the different types of texts that early childhood students need to know.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing Two Cinderella Stories

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will compare two characters and list their comparisons on a graphic organizer using modern Cinderella stories. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan for guided practice and partner work, and a video of students engaged in...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Double Bubble Fun!

For Teachers K Standards
In this lesson, students compare two texts written by the same author, Leo Lionni. Then they will write an opinion piece on which story is their favorite and why.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: rl.k.5 Recognize Common Types of Texts (e.g., Storybooks, Poems).

For Teachers K Standards
In this module, students will read two texts on the topic of pancakes and distinguish between the text that is a storybook and the text that is a poem.
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Collection

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This collection foster students' interest in reading and writing, and encourage positive social skills with this collection of classroom resources from ARTHUR. Aimed at children between the ages of four and eight, these resources feature...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rocky Rescue Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, based on the animated story "Rocky Rescue" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children notice compare and contrast text structure while listening to and reading informational texts. In the video, Molly uses a...
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Professional Doc
Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching Tools: 6 Steps to Helping Students Set Strong Reading Goals

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site offers six steps to helping students set strong reading goals. It all starts with inspiring your students to think about who they are as readers.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Dancing Differences [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This activity will allow students to explore comparing and contrasting through movement and choreographic sequences.
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Other

Reading Worksheets: Compare and Contrast: Different [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
This PDF resource allows for practice distinguishing between familiar, colorful objects which are the same and different. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Unit Plan
Other

Compare and Contrast: Things That Go Together [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
This PDF resource allows for practice finding items that are the similar in a group of colorful items. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools:more Graphic Organizers for Teaching Literature and Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools collection provides graphic organizers for teaching reading and literature. Elaborate graphic organizers are provided for the following: story maps, character study charts, making text connection maps, conflict...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Procedural Text: Recipe

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A teacher created lesson plan to help pupils conquer how to make connections between directions in an effort to create something. This activity will have students sharing recipes and understanding why recipes should be followed in sequence.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Compare Contrast

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer flipchart creates a template to help students compare and contrast ideas and objects. It can be used in many different subject areas.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Compare Matrix

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer uses a matrix to help students compare items or events. It is useful for helping students understand and analyze reading passages, historical events, and scientific experiments.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Recycling

For Students K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read and/or listen to the following paired texts on the subject of recycling. Use the guided question set to assess students understanding of the topic. Students can write their answers, respond orally,...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Rain Forest

For Students K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read and/or listen to the following paired texts on the subject of the Rain Forest. Use the guided question set to assess students understanding of the topic. Students can write their answers, respond...
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: rl.k.7 Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets that help students practice the following Common Core State Standards skill: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story...
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Website
Other

Internet4 Classrooms: ccss.ela literacy.ri.k.5 Identify the Front Cover

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Choose from several lessons to teach the parts of a book!
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Ri.1.3 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of resources to teach and reinforce the common core standard of describing connections between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
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Activity
English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Using Illustrations and Details for Key Ideas Worksheet

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The nature of the interactions between the author and the illustrator are vital to the expression provided by that drawing. The following worksheets focus on using pictures to describe key ideas in an informational text.