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Venn Diagram: My Partner and I Are Different

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Celebrate your class's diversity with this Venn diagram template. A perfect resource for building a classroom community at the beginning of the school year, pupils are able to learn about their peers while discovering what makes them...
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Reptiles and Amphibians

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Introduce your class to various reptiles and amphibians. They will meet and identify a representative from each of the four major reptile families, then learn about and discuss reptile characteristics. Next, they will identify and...
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An Elementary School Day in Korea

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the similarities and differences between their school and a school in Korea. In this culture study lesson, students discuss and list their classroom's weekly schedule. Students then read about a Korean class schedule and...
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Similarities and Differences

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students complete pre-visit and post-visit activities about the koalas they see at the zoo. In this koalas lesson plan, students read books, and answer questions about the similarities and differences they see when they observe the koala...
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Vocabulary Development and Writing

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Engage pupils in practicing denotative and connotative strategies to understand particular words. They work in pairs and write a series of sentences using each word that has a positive connotation and negative connotation. Some example...
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Compare and Contrast Characters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compare and contrast. In this compare and contrast instructional activity students find similarities and differences between two characters from a fiction book. Students use a graphic organizer.
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We Are All In This Together

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a variety of activities centering around insects. In this insects education lesson, students read People by Peter Spier and discuss the similarities and differences among people. Students gather and explore materials...
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The Living Environment

For Teachers K
Students investigate animals and their environments. In this animal similarities and differences lesson plan, students explore animal adaptations and features and their habitats. Students get into groups to discuss the habitat and how...
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Simon Says "Who Are You?"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore their similarities and differences. In this getting to know you lesson, students play a variation of "Simon Says," according to various personality and physical traits.
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Schools Around the World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover how schools around the world are the same and different. In this international school lesson, students learn about different types of schools from all around the world and the items and activities within these schools....
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Probably Passage (Predicting)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice predicting. In this prediction lesson plan, 3rd graders read a worksheet and they predict where 15 words will fit into the story. After they read the story, they discuss the similarities and differences between...
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Similarities and Differences

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this comparing worksheet, students name the similarities and differences between 2 similar pictures. Students complete 3 problems.
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Similarities and Differences

For Students K - 2nd
In this comparing pictures worksheet, students compare 2 pictures in each problem and state their similarities and differences. Students complete 3 problems.
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Invasive Aquatic Plant Identification

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe aquatic plants and animals and identify their systems. In this plants and animals lesson plan, students compare systems of organisms and orally express how plants and animals rely on each other.
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Collecting Different Seashells

For Students K
In this collecting different seashells worksheet, students look at the picture of wight seashells and tell how many different kinds there are.
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Teddy Bears

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the difference between old toys and new toys. In this toys lesson plan, 1st graders bring their teddy bears to school and determine which is oldest and which is newest. They then discuss how a curator at a museum...
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Physical Differences

For Teachers K
Students role play what it would be like to have a physical disability. In this lesson on acceptance, students listen to the book A Rainbow of Friends by P.K. Hallinan. As a class, the students discuss similarities and differences in...
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Your World, My World

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate what is the same and what is different in the daily lives of children around the world. In this citizenship lesson plan, students develop compassion for others through understanding how their lives are the same and...
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Birds - Same Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K
In this worksheet on finding similarities, students look at 3 rows of pictures and determine which bird in each row is the same as the first bird in each row.
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Good Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how individual differences add to the value of our lives. They select an apple and tell a story to a partner about their apple and the distinguishing characteristics, discuss the significance of individual differences...
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Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this similarities and differences worksheet, students identify the strategy of reading for similarities and differences. Students study a Venn diagram and then complete their own Venn diagram for similarities and differences in a text.
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What Doesn't Belong?

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this "What Doesn't Belong" worksheet, students are given fifteen groups each containing three words. Students must determine which of the three words does not belong in the group.
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Venn Diagram

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Venn diagram instructional activity, learners use this blank Venn diagram to compare and contrast any two ideas or objects. This is a blank graphic organizer.
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Summer - Different Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
In this similarities and differences worksheet, students look at the summer pictures in the 3 rows. Students circle the picture that is different from the others.