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The Same
Match up these silly monsters! There are six of them pictured, and young scholars match them to their identical twins. Encourage kids to explain why they made each match, focusing on specific attributes they noticed. Have them color the...
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Same Yet Different
In this same yet different worksheet, students use a large grid to draw 2 different shapes with an area of 12 square units. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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The Same
Which shoes match? This is surely an activity your preschoolers do daily, so use it in an educational way. They match shoes to make pairs, connecting the matches with a line. There are eight pairs in all. Next, youngsters get to draw a...
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The Same
These monsters are only half-drawn! Challenge scholars to observe the line of symmetry and draw in the other half to reflect the first half. There are six simple monsters in all, and scholars can color them in once finished (encourage...
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Matching Directions
These abstract shapes are pointing in different directions and young scholars determine which ones are oriented the same way. For each of five starting shapes they examine a set of four identical figures pointing in various directions,...
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Matching Directions
Which of these shapes is pointing the same way? Pre-readers examine five rows of familiar objects. The first item points to the right for each, and they must determine which of the subsequent items in each row points the same direction....
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Odd One Out
Which of these wacky shapes is different? Learners examine five rows of figures, each with a starting shape at the beginning. They determine which of the four following shapes looks different from the first, circling it. Consider having...
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Finding the Item That is Different - Autumn Theme
In this comparison worksheet, students make an X over the picture in each of 5 rows that is different They examine autumn themed pictures such as apples, pumpkins, and scarecrows.
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Winter - Same Worksheet
In this matching worksheet, students match the first winter picture that is shown in each row with the one that is the same later in the row. They complete 3 examples.
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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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Same Amount Different Pigs
In this money learning exercise, students solve 4 problems where they draw combinations of coins in a piggy bank, to show 4 different ways to make a total coin value of 38 cents.
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Matching the Shapes
Which of these blocks match? As they learn about shape attributes and the term same, scholars draw lines from block formations on the left to the same shapes on the right. The eight starting shapes are split into two sections to make...
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Easter Same or Different
On this colorful Easter-themed handout, little ones look at each row and determine which of the four pictures in each is different from the other three. Then they mark it out with an X. Refine observation and comparison skills with this...
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Match the Words
Even if your kids aren't reading yet, they can become familiar with words by identifying two that are the same. Youngsters focus on the word same as they examine eight words and match them to their identical spellings. Challenge learners...
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Starship English and Math - Online Lesson Plans
Two online lessons, one in math and one in language arts, are here for you. In them, learners play online games which reinforce important skills in literacy and numeracy. The thing I like about both of these lessons is that they get the...
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Comparing 3-D Shapes
How is a sphere like a prism? Learners compare and contrast 3-D shapes, first drawing each in the boxes provided. If this is too advanced, supply pre-cut images of the shapes for students to choose from and glue onto the worksheet. A...
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Same or Different- Color the Dinosaur
In this similarities and differences worksheet, learners follow the directions for each row of dinosaur pictures. They either color the dinosaurs that are the same or those that are different in 6 examples.
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Circle the Same
In this worksheet on identifying "the same," students choose 2 items that are the same out of a set of 3. Worksheet is set up in 3 rows of 3 items.
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Triangles and Rectangles
In this recognizing shapes worksheet, students observe a pair of shapes in each box and identify the boxes with the same shapes. Students color four boxes with only triangles or rectangles.
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Same, More, Fewer
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders color each circle red and draw one blue circle for each red one. Then they circle more, fewer, or same to identify which circles are which, red and blue.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Sorting (Pluckrose)
Find guidance to introduce math vocabulary in context using Henry Pluckrose's book Sorting. This text is an excellent cross-curricular resource for budding readers. Before starting, review some new vocabulary words: collect, common,...
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Kids/Blocks/Learning
Help develop graphing skills in your young learners.. They create a picture graph, represent 1:1 correspondence, represent same and different, and draw conclusions. They write an experience story about the conclusions drawn from the...
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Tell Us All: Tools for Integrating Math and Engineering
What a scam! Middle and high schoolers pose as journalists exposing consumer fraud. In this lesson, they write an article for a magazine using data collected during previous investigations (prior lessons) to defend their findings that a...
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Fractions IV - Equivalent Fractions by Monica Yuskaitis
Comparing equivalent fractions is one of the most difficult math concepts to teach to youngsters. How can numbers that look so different actually represent the same thing? This presentation takes a lot of the mystery out of equivalent...