- Subject
- ELA, Reading, Writing
- Topic
- Compare and contrast, Venn diagram
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
This resource is a set of 4 anchor charts for compare and contrast. The first anchor chart is complete. The following 3 charts are fill in the blank. These charts work well displayed on a bulletin board or inserted into students' interactive reading notebooks.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Recognize signal words for similarities and differences
- Read the shared and separate sections of a two-circle diagram
- Write a comparison using the supplied sentence frames
Teaching tips
- Display the complete chart, then use the blank version to check key vocabulary.
- Practice the sentence frames aloud before students write their comparisons.
- Keep the clue-word panels visible while students write.
Skills covered
- Comparison vocabulary — students identify words that signal similarities and differences.
- Diagram reading — students distinguish shared traits from traits unique to each subject.
- Written responses — students use sentence frames to explain a comparison.
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Compare and contrast
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