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The Flow of Women's Work: How Cultures are Alike and Different?
Students examine gender roles in various cultures. In this flow of women's work activity, students compare water related work in rural Africa to that in their own households.
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Same or Different
It is really important for learners to know when objects are the same and when they are different. Here are five rows of objects, they circle the objects in each row that are the same or different from the first object in that row.
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Finding Animals That Are the Same
In this classifying worksheet, students circle the picture of an animal in each of 6 rows that matches the animal in the box at the beginning of each row. They see realistic clip art pictures of dogs, fish, moths, horses, and rabbits.
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Finding Things That Are the Same
In this classifying worksheet, students examine 5 rows of animal clip art pictures. They circle the two animals in each row that are the same.
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American Born Chinese
Students make thematic connections and organize their ideas using a Venn Diagram. In this Venn Diagram instructional activity, students compare 3 different stories from a novel and fill in a Venn Diagram. Students then discuss their...
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My Daily Life in Kansas
Second graders use 'Read Kansas' cards to learn about the daily life activities of an Osage boy and a pioneer girl. In this similarities and differences lesson, 2nd graders write a paragraph and draw a picture comparing their daily life...
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Similarities and Differences in a Text
Create a T chart of similarities and differences between the past and present from the story Long Ago and Today. Using their handy T chart, youngsters will chart things that are the same or different today and long ago. They'll draw a...
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We are all alike, We are all different
Students investigate similarites and differences. In this multi-cultural lesson, students discuss how people are alike and how they are different by comparing apples to people.
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Comparing Education Around the World
Learners explore comparison and contrast. In this comparison/contrast lesson, students view "A Look at a Japanese Classroom" and "A Look at a Kenyan Classroom." Learners complete a venn diagram handout.
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Addition Worksheet
In this addition learning exercise, students add two digits numbers together to solve 20 problems.
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Path to Mars
Students compare Earth and Mars to find similarities between the two planets using given websites. They collect and download pictures of geological features of both planets from print and non-print sources. Descriptions of the...
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The Average Kid
Students determine the traits they have in common with other students in the class and create visual profiles of the "average" boy and the "average" girl.
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Polar Adventure: Read All About It!
Young scholars investigate reports of an adventure to the North Pole or the South Pole and then chronicle it by writing a newspaper article or making a timeline. The focus is placed on a recent or historic expedition to the region selected.
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Nomad Land
Students explore the migratory movements of animals as they monitor their own movements throughout the school day. Climatic and feeding conditions are examined as cues for the movement.
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What Parts Are There to a Plant?
Students identify and sort plant parts through hands-on activities and group discussions and then work with magnifying lenses and tape measures to document their observations on a student sheet.
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Animals, Animals, Everywhere
Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities dealing with animal characteristics and classifications in this multi-task lesson. They use graphic organizers, make booklets, and make models.
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Artful Names
Students look at several illuminations on the first pages of books. They compare these illuminations to an alphabet book, noting the similarities and the dissimilarities. Students look at various type fonts in a typography book or on a...
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Reading Venn Diagrams
Venn diagrams are useful in so many ways. The class views a worksheet to assist them in understanding how to compare two items based on similarities and differences. Children compare four different items using partially completed Venn...
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Identifying What is Different
What is the same, what is different, and what does it all mean? Introduce the concept of identifying similarities and difference to your Kinder class using the I do, we do, you do, instructional approach. You'll provide structured...
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Double Bubble Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with the similarities and differences of 2 items. Students complete 10 sections.
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Colors of Wildlife
Students observe wildlife animals. In this wildlife lesson, students cut out three different animals from a wildlife magazine. Then they compare the animals, verbally stating their similarities and differences.
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Comparing and Contrasting Literature Using Venn Diagrams
First graders create a venn diagram with two folktales. In this folktale activity, 1st graders read Cinderella and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe. They find the similarities and differences and chart these on a venn diagram.
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Boy Cricket Girl Cricket
Pupils investigate crickets. For this series of cricket activities, students observe and chart crickets. Pupils discuss the differences between male and female crickets, record findings in a journal, handle crickets, and read a variety...
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Worksheet 12. Which Word Belongs?
For this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine 6 words in the word bank and use them to fill in the blanks in 6 word sets. Each of the sets contain words that have similar meanings.