Compare and Contrast - 3rd Grade Group

AZ Standard
RI.4.5- Describe the overall

structure of events, ideas,
concepts, or information in a text
or part of a text.
Standard:
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
Objectives/ Learning Goals:
1. Students will verbally compare and contrast 2 animals after reading a text.
2. Students will complete a graohic organizer to compare and contrast a kangaroo and koala.
3. Students will write complete sentences using what they read in the text.
Academic Vocabulary:
● Compare
● Contrast
● Graphic organizer
● Author
● text
Engagement Strategies:
- Pairs compare
- Act it out
- think-pair-share
DOK levels:
DOK1- define “compare” (to find the similarities between)
DOK 2- use graphic organizer to demonstrate an understanding of comparing and contrasting 2 animals from text
Materials:
● Graphic organizer (compare and contrast) from prev lesson
● Graphic organizer (v diagram) brown bears vs pandas
● Worksheet packet (“Kangaroos and Koalas”)
● Yellow and green highlighters, pencils
Opening:
Academic vocabulary introduction.

● Text - “ The text refers to the passage we will be reading” (point to text in
worksheet)
● Compare- “To compare means to find similarities between 2 or more things”
(show prev wof/fox diagram)
● Contrast- “To contrast means to find the differences between 2 or more
things” (ref diagram again)
● Graphic Organizer- “ A graphic organizer is a tool that allows us to organize
information or ideas” (ref prev v diagram)
● Author- “An author is a person who wrote the text”
We learned to compare and contrast the fox and wolf in our reading yestereday.
Today we will use a grapic organizer in a new story.
Compare what is the same
Contrast what is different
Graphic organizer
Lesson:
Authors sometimes compare and contrast

2 topics within one text. Today, we will
use a graphic organizer to compare two
animals after we read about them. First,
tell each other what you already know
about kangaroos. Now tell your team
what you already know about koalas.
You are familiar with this type of graphic

organizer from our Wolf and Fox. This is
called a venn diagram. We will be using a
different graphic organizer today but I
want to show you how they can be used
in the same way.
Let’s talk about these bears. We have a
brown bear. Say “brown bear”. Point to the
brown bear.
Great. Now we have a panda. Say”panda”.
Point to the panda.
The outside circles (point) show what is
unique to the bears. So only the brown bear
eats fish. Only the panda eats bamboo (point
to those images). Can you name something
else that only the panda does?
Look at the middle section where the circles
overlap (point). This shows what both bears
have in common. Can you name something
that the bears have in common? What do
they both eat? Yes, they both eat bugs and
fruit. They are both what kind of animal. Yes,
bears.
Turn to this page in your packet (point to correct page). Let’s
read this together :
“Authors sometimes compare and contrast two topics within one
text.
This is the word “compare” (point). Say “compare”. L. read what

it means to compare. Let’s highlight the word compare in yellow
(model for them).
This word is “contrast” (point). Say “contrast”. J read what it
means to contrast. Let’s highlight contrast in green (model on
your paper).
Read the clue words and model highlighting in the coordinating

colors.
Let’s look at this graphic organizer (point). Say “graphic

organizer”. Show how this organizer is similar to the wolf/ fox
venn diagram.
Turn to the page titled “Kangaroos & Koalas
(point).
Point to the picture of the kangaroo. How about
koalas.
Do you remember the video we watched about
the kangaroo? (time for their repponses)
Good. We are going to read more about them and

find out how they are alike and how they are
different.
(Ask students to use their finger to follow the
reading. Stop to highlight clue words with yellow
or green, modeling each time for students and
circling on the pictures if needed to guide
learning).
- Choral or popcorn reading if students are

able
What is one thing you learned about
kangaroos? (to each student)
What is one thing you learned about koalas?
(to each student with guided questions and
prompts to reread if needed)
Turn to the graphic organizer (model turning to

the correct page) we are going to use this to
graphic organizer to compare and contrast
kangaroos and koalas.
The circles in the middle show similarities

between kangaroos and koalas (point). Take
your yellow highlighter and color the middle two
circles. Great job. Can you tell me one thing
they have in common. We can look for the word
both in our reading (use your paper to show the
highlighted “both” in the reading to prompt).
The circles on the outside show differences
between kangaroos and koalas (point). Take
your green highlighter and color the outside
circles. Great job.
Can you tell me one thing they that is different.

We can look back at out reading for clues (use
your paper to show the areas in green in the
reading or in the pictures to prompt).
Let’s take turns finding differences between
kangaroos and koalas.
(give spelling prompts or encourage drawing to
show understanding)
Let’s turn to this page (point and model turning to the
right page) “Description or Compare & Compare and
Contrast”.
● Description- “The description is words that

describe. Can you describe your shirt? (prompts
and guided questions) Yes. You gave a
description of your shirt. When we read a
description, it is giving us details about one
topic.”
● Compare and Contrast- “We compared and

contrasted animals using our graphic organizer
(show examples of graphic organizers). You
need to items to compare and contrast.”
We are going to read about some texts, and decide if

the text structure is description (point to the word) or
compare and contrast (point).
Let’s try the first one together,
(Read the first item and guide learning to show the

answer. Have students circle or highlight the correct
answer. If able, have the students work independently
on the next 4 items. If guided, help students reach the
answer with visuals, prompting, underlining, etc.)
At the bottom (point)
what are 2 topics you could use a description text to

write about? What is something you know a lot about
and could write about? (Guide learning give prompts,
help with spelling or ask students to draw to show
understanding)
What are 2 topics you could use a compare and

contrast text structure to write about? (point to prev
venn diagrams if needed or give examples of
superman vs spiderman, etc)
What questions do you have for me?
We learned to use text to compare and contrast kangaroos and koalas and we
talked about descriptive texts. Tomorrow we will read examples of descriptive
texts.

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AZ Standard

RI.4.5- Describe the overall

Academic vocabulary introduction.

Contrast what is different

Authors sometimes compare and contrast

You are familiar with this type of graphic

This is the word “compare” (point). Say “compare”. L. read what

Read the clue words and model highlighting in the coordinating

Let’s look at this graphic organizer (point). Say “graphic

Good. We are going to read more about them and

- Choral or popcorn reading if students are

Turn to the graphic organizer (model turning to

The circles in the middle show similarities

Can you tell me one thing they that is different.

● Description- “The description is words that

● Compare and Contrast- “We compared and

We are going to read about some texts, and decide if

(Read the first item and guide learning to show the

At the bottom (point)

what are 2 topics you could use a description text to

What are 2 topics you could use a compare and

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