In our Commutative Property lesson plan, students learn what the commutative property is in mathematics for both addition and multiplication and how to use it. Students practice identifying problems that use the commutative property as a part of this lesson.
Our Comparatives/Superlatives lesson plan teaches students about comparative and superlative adjectives and how to properly use them. Students practice using these two types of adjectives in their own writing as well as identifying them in other people’s writing.
With our Compare and Contrast – Nonfiction lesson plan, students learn how to effectively compare and contrast nonfiction texts and how to identify things like first and secondhand accounts.
With our Compare and Contrast Characters’ Experiences lesson plan, students learn how to better identify, compare and contrast characters’ experiences. Students practice reading texts and completing Venn diagrams in order to compare and contrast.
The compare and contrast nonfiction text structure is a foundational type of text structure for nonfiction text. It will allow students to build to more complex structures such as problem and solution and cause and effect. Practice with comparing and contrasting in reading is also a valid reading skill and useful comprehension skill. Familiarity with this text structure will also be used on many higher level texts, and state and standardized tests, so this is a meaningful way to include test preparation while also working on building nonfiction reading skills.
Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Text Structure Lesson Plan Includes:
Full Teacher Guidelines with Creative Teaching Ideas
Instructional Content Pages about Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Text Structure
Hands-on homework activities giving students plenty of practice
Answer Keys
Common Core State Standards
Many Additional Links and Resources
Built for Grades 5-6 but can be adapted for other grade levels.
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In our Compare and Contrast Stories – Same Genre lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing and contrasting stories that are in the same genre. Students also learn how to use Venn diagrams to help them with this process.
With our Compare Formal and Informal Language lesson plan, students learn about the differences between formal and informal English, how to identify them, and when to use them.
With our Compare Numbers in Scientific Notation lesson plan, students learn how to compare numbers in scientific notation using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols, as well as how to write standard numbers in scientific notation.
With our Compare the Size of Products lesson plan, students learn how to compare the size of a product in a multiplication problem without actually finding the solution to the problem.
With our Compare/Contrast Adventures, Events lesson plan, students learn how to effectively and accurately compare and contrast different elements of a story or stories.
With our Compare/Contrast Authors’ Presentations lesson plan, students learn how different perspectives can lead to different presentations of the same event and how these different versions can be compared and contrasted.
With our Compare/Contrast Non-Fiction Text Versions lesson plan, students learn how to effectively compare and contrast two different texts on the same topic.
With our Compare/Contrast Story Versions lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing and contrasting two versions of the same story. Students practice comparing and contrasting versions of stories and writing their own.
With our Compare/Contrast Themes, etc. – Same Author lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing and contrasting themes, setting, plot, and more in multiple works by the same author.
Our Comparing and Contrasting lesson plan for grades 4-6 teaches students how to compare and contrast various literary elements, such as story, characters, plot, point of view, and more. Students practice working with a partner to compare and contrast various aspects of example texts.
In our Comparing Decimals lesson plan, students learn how to compare decimals to the thousandth place. Students complete practice problems in which they order numbers with decimals from greatest to least and use symbols such as <, >, and = to compare them.
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Clarendon Learning includes extensive, comprehensive, quality Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies lesson plans. The plans and content have been written by experienced educators and curriculum experts. They have been researched and reviewed for accuracy and efficiency and one of their best features—they can be used almost immediately with little preparation, allowing the busy educator more time to focus on the content of the lesson. A wide variety of topics are available in every subject area with specialized lesson plans for students in primary school, middle and upper Read more
