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1 LM 1 Home/School onnections: ompare and ontrast 1. Make Text-to-World Strategy onnections What kinds of things do you compare and contrast at home? Do you compare and contrast favorite foods or TV shows? What else? Explain to your family members what it means to compare and contrast. rainstorm a list of things you can compare and contrast at home. ring your list to school to share with the class. 2. Make Text-to-Text Strategy onnections Find one or more examples of comparing and/or contrasting in magazines or newspapers. Write the title of each text and the passage that shows a comparison and/or contrast. ring your example(s) to school to share with the class. 3. Make a Strategy onnection to Math How do you use comparison and contrast in math? Give specific examples of how comparing or contrasting two numbers, two geometric shapes, or two graphs can help you solve math problems. 4. Make a Strategy onnection to Science Think about two environments that you have studied in science. In one list, write how the two environments are alike, and in another list, write how they are different. Refer to your science textbook if you need to. 5. Make a Venn Diagram Think about a time when you had to compare and contrast to make a decision, such as choosing between two games to play or two books to read. Make a Venn diagram to show how you compared and contrasted these things. Invite a family member to help you. Sign your name and your family member s name on your Venn diagram. ring it to class to share. 6. Think and Write bout the Strategy Think about how learning to compare and contrast has helped you become a more strategic reader. Write about how and when you use this strategy to help you understand what you are reading.

2 LM 2 Mountain iking Mountain biking is a popular sport. While road bikers like to ride along paved highways, mountain bikers head for hills and forests. There are two types of mountain biking. Downhill bikers like to ride down steep slopes at top speeds. Other mountain bikers, however, prefer cross-country biking. They also ride fast, but their trails include uphill slopes and other obstacles. oth types of bikers enjoy the excitement of riding on dirt trails. omparisons: They also ride fast. oth enjoy dirt trails. How is a mountain bike different from a regular road bike? One difference is the bike s frame. mountain bike is heavier, so it can handle steep, difficult trails. Mountain bikes also have thicker tires than road bikes. The thicker tires make the bike less likely to tip over if a rider hits a rock or bumpy patch on the trail. ontrasts: While road bikers like paved highways, mountain bikers like hills and forests. Downhill bikers ride downhill; however, cross-country bikers ride uphill slopes. mountain bike is heavier than a road bike. mountain bike has thicker tires enchmark education company, LLc cap074 Grade 3 ompare & ontrast Nonfiction Poster 2 e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y

3 LM 3 Native mericans of the Eastern Woodlands The Native mericans of the Eastern Woodlands lived in different kinds of environments. Some tribes lived in the mountains, while others lived by rivers. Still other tribes lived in the forest. ll tribes adapted, or changed, their lifestyle to suit the place where they lived. Some regions had the same types of climate. The Iroquois lived near the Great Lakes, where it was very cold in winter and hot in summer. The Shawnee lived in the Ohio River Valley. There it was also cold in winter and hot in summer. People believe the herokee lived around the Great Lakes, too. However, they were forced to move south in the 1500s after losing their land in battle. The climate in the south was warmer. omparisons: ontrasts: 2010 enchmark education company, LLc cap0 7 5 Grade 3 ompare & ontrast Nonfiction Poster 3 e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y

4 LM 4 omets Our solar system has a sun, planets, and moons. Did you know we have comets, too? comet has a long tail of gas that carries pieces of rock and dust. ecause comets look so different from other objects in the sky, ancient people thought comets were evil signs. If a comet appeared, people feared that a war would start or a ruler would die. omets have some things in common with planets and moons as well. omets orbit the sun like planets. That means we can identify some comets and predict when they will appear. Like the planets and moons, a comet has no light of its own. The light we see is sunlight reflecting off the rock and dust enchmark education company, LLc cap075 Grade 3 ompare & ontrast Nonfiction Poster 4 e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y

5 LM 5 omets: omprehension Questions Instrucciones: Use information from the poster to answer questions Which word in the first paragraph tells you that comets are part of our solar system? too and know 2. How are comets different from planets and moons? They look like big rocks. They have long tails made of gas, rock, and dust. They do not orbit any other objects in space. 3. How are a comet, a planet, and a moon alike? They have their own light. They do not have their own light. ncient people thought they were evil signs. 4. In the last paragraph, which word signals a comparison of comets to planets and moons? with that like

6 LM 6 onstructed Written Response: ompare and ontrast oth ompare and ontrast Writing hecklist I wrote at least one comparison of two classroom objects. I wrote at least one contrast of the same two classroom objects. I used signal words to help make my comparisons and contrasts clear.