Compare / Contrast Activities

As the teachers prepare for PAARC, they often ask for links to activities to help them teach and their students learn.  Here is a list I made for a 5th grade teacher today.

COMPARE /CONTRAST

1. Read/Write/Think - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/map.html
2. FCAT - http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip114a.swf
3. EXAMPLES ON DIFFEN - http://www.diffen.com/
4. Mobile Venn Diagram - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/venn-diagram-a-30994.html
5. Compare /Contrast Map - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/compare-contrast-30066.html
6. Comparison and Contrast Guide - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/
7. Movie to Book - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson46/Compare_and_Contrast_graphic_II.pdf
8. StudyZone - http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/comparecontrastl2.cfm
9. StudyZone - http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/comparecontrastp.cfm
10. Character Comparison Sheet - http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/collateral_resources/pdf/l/lessonplans_graphicorg_pdfs_charactercompare1.pdf
11. Easy Character Contrast - http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=kharris2contrast
12. 5 lessons - http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/FCAT/references/strategies/cc.htm
13. Test Tutor - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill4/coyote.html
14. Test Tutor - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill3/rice.html
15. Webquest - http://www.castletechnology.com/showcase/Region%20III/Primary/Bempah-Mason/student_page.htm
16. Reading Rocket - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_17.htm
17. Compare / Contrast 2 versions of Aesop’s fables - http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php
18. Click and Drag practice activity good for PAARC prep - http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/content/pop.html