Description
Help students explain similarities and differences with evidence.
- Grades: 4–5
- Format: Downloadable teaching resource
Learning Objective
Students will compare and contrast information or story elements using text evidence.
What's Included
- Anchor Chart/Journal Page
- Ann Eggley’s Testimony About Coal Mining- 620L/Coal Mining Children- 790L
- Sojourner Truth on Women’s Rights- 790L / Sojourner Truth- 860L
- It Is the 6th of September [1941]- 610L /The Vilna Ghetto- 770L
- Mary Jemison: Life of a Captive- 870L /Excerpt from A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison- 990L
- Excerpt from The Story of a Sweatshop Girl: Sadie Frowne- 880L/Journey to America- 870L
- Excerpt from Queen Victoria’s Diary- 900L /Queen Victoria- 820L
- The Buffalo Bulletin- 850L /The Life of the Lawless: Butch Cassidy- 900L
- The Dire Calamity and the Greater San Francisco- 870L /Fair Oaks, California May 15, 1906- 930L
- The New York Times Titanic Article- 860L /The Evening Bulletin Titanic Article- 770L
- Flight is a Success- 930L /Thursday, December 17- 970L
- Test
- Excerpt from The Story of My Life- 970L
- The Life of Helen Keller- 850L
Ways to Use
Whole-class instruction, small groups, independent practice, or enrichment.
Preparation
Preview the included directions and select the activities you will use.
Standards & Skills
Source-listed alignment: ELA.4.R.3.3.
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Sharon M. –
Happy I found this because it is so hard to find resources that teach this skill
Aimee N. –
This is a great resource for comparing and contrasting primary and secondary sources.
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Gigi’s Teaching Tools –
These were quick and convenient to use. The standards are covered well.
Tina C. –
This had great rich passages and good fast based questions.
Teaching Metamorphosis –
This resource provided a challenge for students while practicing utilizing primary and secondary sources.
Snazzy Yet Sensible Teaching –
Wonderfully standards based and adaptive. It allows for great practice in an academically diverse classroom.
Angela P. –
This is a great resource to use for comparing and contrasting.
Brandi H. –
Used this resource during academic coaching and it was perfect
Alexandra L. –
Great resource to practice primary and secondary sources in language arts.
Katherine Pentz –
This was a wonderful resource that matched the BEST benchmarks beautifully!
Jessica M. –
Great resource for primary and secondary sources. It worked well and the passages where short enough to keep their attention and to answer the questions.
Cassandra Wallace –
Great resource to help with learning gaps and test review! They have struggled with this standard in the past bit I think they’re finally getting it. Thanks for a great resource!
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I loved using this for homework for extra practice. Thank you!
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Patricia H. –
Great resource to use for small group and center work. Thank you!
Anne B. –
Used this as a review before the FAST test, it was set up perfectly for a review session. We were able to revisit what the different sources were and practice comparing and contrasting, was great to use with partners.
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michelle S. –
Great for small group instruction. Passages were high interest
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Teach Five Fun –
Excellent resource for small groups. I will be using this at the teacher table to help focus on this standard.
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Tech Savvy 4th Grade –
This was a great way for students to practice first and secondhand accounts.
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Kelly L. –
Great resource with leveled text and interesting topics for students to read.
Waters & Words Literacy Co –
Used for small group interventions and independent work. I was really happy with this resource. I wish there was some variety to the questions, but the passages are PERFECT and directly correlate to the FL Benchmarks. Thank you
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Shannon B. –
This is a great resource for paired passages. It may be geared toward the FL standards, but it is applicable to paired passages for any state. Great resource!
Simply Stegall –
I loved how interactive this source was. My students were really able to see where they found their answers in the text.
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