Description
27 compare and contrast task cards with short passages – These are great for encouraging students to use their critical thinking skills and strengthening their reading comprehension!
WHATโS INCLUDED:
โ๏ธ PRINT:
- 27 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)
- Black-line
- Color
- Recording Sheets
- Answer Keys
DIGITAL:
- 2 Google Slides Versions
- ***Easel Activity (only available if you purchase on TPT)
DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:
- Digital or Print
- Audio Support
- Multiple versions of the recording sheet included
Great for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE!
This resource is part of a money-saving bundle!
This bundle includes these resources:
- Theme Task Cards
- Making Inferences Task Cards
- Informational Text Structures Task Cards
- Main Idea Task Cards
- Summarizing Task Cards
- Cause & Effect Task Cards
- Author’s Purpose Task Cards
This resource is also included in the following bundles:
- Reading Strategies MEGA BUNDLE
- ELA Task Cards MEGA BUNDLE
- Task Card Variety Pack Bundle
- Text Structure Task Card Bundle
- Reading Comprehension Bundle
NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.
Comparing and contrasting is a challenging reading skill. Each of these 27 cards features a short passage along with two text-dependent questions. To add more rigor, several of the cards may also require some inference for full understanding. Each passage is focused either on people, places, events, or a nonfiction topic.
Use digitally as Google Slides or Easel. Easel and Google Slides are identical. PLUS an extra Google Slides activity to utilize a Venn Diagram!
Teacher Tip
- Download our FREE Task Card Handbook to learn 31 different ways you can use this resource!
Hereโs what teachers are saying:
โ๏ธ “Love, love, love these! I’ve used these in centers and in small group intervention practice. I’ve used them with Venn Diagrams and T-charts…they work well for both.” -Lisa H.
โ๏ธ “I thought this was a fun activity for practicing comparing and contrasting skills with my students. I am always looking for new ways to present information. Sometimes it is hard to find activities that are not too simple for my upper elementary students. This is a great addition to my comparing and contrasting unit. Thank you!” -Lindsay M.
โ๏ธ “These task cards were awesome! Was able to use a card as a warm up for students and in centers. The cards also promote critical thinking, which is a huge plus! Thanks!!” -Jade F.
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Common Core Standards:
- CCSSRI.3.9 – Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
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About the Author
These passages were written by me, Rachel Lynette. I am a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. I have written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Childrenโs Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. These passages reflect more than a decade of professional writing experience.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses from TpT. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.
This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
SKU: 201755
Kimm G. –
CAN YOU SAY LIFE AND TIME SAVER!!!!! Thank you for creating an easy-to-use, engaging, fun resource for students. It saved lots of time in planning and creating. I love alternative ways to teach ELA skills.
Madhavi Usgaonker –
The applicability of this resource was remarkable. Also, end of the year my students enjoyed this for their writing and it was easy prep. Thank you again for a fabulous resource.
Loni Sallee –
What a great resource for my students. My students were very engaged.
Melissa K. –
This product worked great for my students with autism in my multi-grade classroom!
Jacqueline W. –
My students liked this resource. It helped reinforce skills so I use them as spiral reviews. Promotes student ownership of their learning and breaks down concepts using different engaging stories. Good for small group instruction and center activities.
Chia-Chi W. –
This was very helpful and useful to review with my fifth graders!
Makenzie S. –
What a fun and engaging activity for my students to enjoy!
Tina P. –
Great resource to use in your classroom and simple/easy to implement.
Arian B. –
These compare-and-contrast comprehension passages are fantastic! I love the audio feature. No prep and easy to use. Thank you!
johnie G. –
This was a great resource for comparing and contrasting, and I used it for test prep as well!