Grade 1 Compare and Contrast Real World Connections Curriculum Resources
Explore real-world connections through compare and contrast with our Compare and Contrast Real World Connections curriculum resources. These resources guide children through applying compare and contrast skills to practical scenarios in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall analytical and critical thinking abilities.
Curriculum Resources Results
Comparing & Contrasting Winston & Elle’s Day at the Park
This short story is a great way to compare and contrast the experiences of characters in a story. This fiction story is ...
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Character Traits—Arnold and Lucy
This short fiction passage is a great way to compare and contrast characters in stories. The short story focus on two sc...
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Best Short Story—1st Graders at Goodplace Elementary School
These two short fiction passages are a great way to compare and contrast character traits in stories. The short descript...
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Comparing & Contrasting Winston & Elle’s Day at the Park
This short story is a great way to compare and contrast the experiences of characters in a story. This fiction story is ...
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Character Traits—Arnold and Lucy
This short fiction passage is a great way to compare and contrast characters in stories. The short story focus on two sc...
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Best Short Story—1st Graders at Goodplace Elementary School
These two short fiction passages are a great way to compare and contrast character traits in stories. The short descript...
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To My Little Brother !Poem
This poem is about a boy who is inviting his new baby brother into the world. This activity includes comprehension quest...
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Analyzing Theme -Langston Hughes
Explore the powerful message of identity, equality, and resilience in Langston Hughes' iconic poem "I, Too, Sing America...
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Compare and Contrast Stories Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is a great way to compare and contrast two stories. Students will compare the characters and sett...
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Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is a great way to compare and contrast two stories. Students will compare the characters and sett...
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Comparing Stories - Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is a great way to compare and contrast two stories. Students will compare the characters, setting...
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Reading—The Airport
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Reading —Sunny and the Missing Pencil
This worksheet is a great way to practice reading comprehension and fluency. Students will read the short story about a ...
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Baking Cookies —Analyzing Key Details
This short fiction story is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the text about baking cook...
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Soccer Time—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will read the passage then ...
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Comparing & Contrasting Characters
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A Conversation on the Environment
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Short Story—Pizza Party
This resource is a great way to practice differntiating between information gained from illustrations and words in a sto...
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Senses at the Circus—Identify Words and Phrases
This short fiction passage about a day at the circus contains a lot of words and phrases that appeal to the senses! Stud...
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Clarifying Text with illustrations—How to Tie Shoes
This informational text on how to tie shoes is a great opportunity to practice interacting with images in a text. Studen...
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Morning Chaos—Using Illustrations to Comprehend
This short fiction passage about a hectic morning is perfect for reading comprehension, as well as interacting with illu...
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Real life connections between words
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Short Story — Lucky Finds a Home
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Identifying Real Life Connections
This worksheet on real life connections will ask students to recall things from their lives that fit the vocabulary word...
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Which Word Fits Best?
This vocabulary worksheet will help your students to learn new words. Students will read the sentences and then choose a...
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Choosing Character Traits
This vocabulary worksheet will help your students to learn new character traits. Students will read the sentences about ...
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Real—Life Connections Vocabulary Words
This worksheet is a great way to practice real life connections. Students will fill the table in with items from their l...
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Reading Short Story—Charlie's Messy Room
This short fiction passage about a boy and his messy room is perfect for teaching central message or moral. Students wil...
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Andrew’s First Day of Second Grade
This short story about a boy on his first day of school is perfect for practicing character response. Students will read...
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The Bakery—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will read the passage then ...
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My Day in the City
This short story about a day in the city is perfect for practicing oral reading skills. Students will record themselves ...
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Short Story — The Triumph of Good over Evil
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Short story on Suzie's Crazy Hair
This short story about Suzie, the girl with crazy hair, is a great opportunity to practice interacting with images in a ...
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Short Story —Beanie's Home From Summer Camp
This short story is about Mamba and her brother, Beanie, who reunite after a long summer apart. Students will read the s...
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Short Story on Planning Jason's Birthday Party
This short story about planning a birthday party is a great way to practice reading dialogue. Students can read the stor...
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Point of View in Informational Text
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Sweet & Spicy Vocabulary Words
This worksheet on real-life connections is a fun way to practice this skill. Students will create a fake menu in this ac...
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Halloween Fill in the Blank
This Halloween fill-in-the-blank is a fun way to practice real life connections. Students will fill in the blanks with w...
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Writing a Letter to a Friend
Letter writing provides a wonderful opportunity to maintain and strengthen friendships, even when distance separates ind...
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Writing a Movie Review—Coherent Writing
This comprehensive worksheet is designed to guide students through the process of writing a movie review. Writing a movi...
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Should Animals Be Kept in Zoos?
This reading and writing exercise aims to answer the question "should animals be kept in zoos?" Students will read the p...
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Outdoor Classes—Opinion Writing
This writing exercise asks students to give their opinion on outdoor classes and write about it. Students will fill out ...
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Airplanes Informational Text
This informational text on airplanes is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the short para...
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The Rubik's Cube
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Real Life Word Connections
Interactive grade 1 activity to help students identify real-life connections between words and their use, enhancing voca...
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Word Meaning in Real Life Context
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Compare and Contrast Two Text
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Compare Informational Texts—Dogs
These two reading passages are a great introduction to compare & contrast. Students will read one passage on golden retr...
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Comparing News Reports- Political Protest
This worksheet has students analyze contradictory news reports about a political protest. It uses multiple choice questi...
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Analyzing Perspective -Christopher Columbus
This worksheet has students read contradictory accounts of Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. It then asks multiple cho...
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Comparing Accounts of Landing on Moon
This worksheet has students read two accounts of the 1969 moon landing that provide different perspectives. It then asks...
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Comparing Accounts of the Hindenburg Disaster
Students read two accounts of the Hindenburg disaster and answer multiple choice questions comparing and contrasting the...
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Comparing and Contrasting Texts—Solar System
This worksheet has students read two passages about the solar system and answer multiple choice questions comparing and ...
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