Compare & Contrast Texts: Reading Comprehension Worksheets ♥ GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE

Students will compare and contrast the themes, topics and event patterns of stories (RL.4.9/RL.5.9), and integrate information from two or more texts on a topic (RI.4.9/RI.5.9) ♥ This ELA reading comprehension bundle combines 2 mini-packs and consists of 8 skills-focused worksheets with 45 questions, split between fiction and nonfiction (informational text). ♥

THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES: 

• 8 compare & contrast worksheets, with 18 fictional or informational passages from existing reading drills (the questions are different) 
• 45 questions, with simulated standardized test questions for grades 4 & 5
• Mix of multiple choice and short/open activities  
• Unassisted version without tips
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS 

STUDENTS WILL:

Compare & Contrast Stories (Treatment/Approach of Similar Themes, Topics, and Pattern of Events)

• determine which themes and ideas are present across stories
• determine how themes are similarly revealed (e.g. via characters and the lessons they learn) 
• identify, match and describe similar types of events between two stories

Integrate Information From Informational Texts  

• find how the focus, ideas and details of passages are similar/different  
• draw conclusions based on information across texts
• determine how one passage helps to explain details in another passage   
• integrate information from two or more passages to write knowledgeably on a topic 

INFORMATIONAL TEXT TOPICS COVER:

Science

• Role of Trees and Carbon Dioxide in Climate Change
• The Importance of the Sun for Life on Earth 
• Parenting Responsibilities in the Animal Kingdom

Social Studies

• Christopher Columbus:  What He Did in History & His Significance

COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) 
• Ohio’s State Tests 
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
• Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS!

All drills take about 15 minutes to complete, and are fantastic for:

• Literacy lessons 
• Guided or independent practice  
• ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
• Small group work / literacy circles / partner work 
• Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
• Independent work / early finishers work
• Literacy center activities
• Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
• Progress monitoring/checks
• Exit slips or tickets
• Homework
• Compare and contrast review/reteach
• Tutoring (targeted reading skill work) 
• After-school programs / extended school days
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more

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COMMON CORE ELA READING STANDARDS FOR 4TH & 5TH GRADE

LITERATURE

RL.4.9: Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories and traditional literature.

RL.5.9: Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

RI.4.9: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

RI.5.9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

GRADE 4 & 5 COMMON CORE READING RESOURCES

Each reading comprehension unit can be purchased individually, or within a savings bundle.

✏ denotes the level of savings

READING! GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

Reading Comprehension I:  Core ELA Value Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Main Idea & Supporting Details - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Analyzing Characters - Literature

♥ Context Clues - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Main Idea & Details Task Card Center - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension II:  Key Ideas & Details Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Making Inferences Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Making Inferences - Literature
• Making Inferences - Informational Text

♥ Cause & Effect Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Cause & Effect - Literature
• Cause & Effect - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension III:  Craft & Structure Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Structure of Stories & Informational Text Bundle ✏ ✏

• Story & Poem Structure - Literature
• Text Structure - Informational Text

♥ Point of View Bundle ✏ ✏ 

• Point of View & Perspective of Narrators/Speakers - Literature
• Compare, Contrast & Analyze First and Secondhand Accounts - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension IV: Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Illustrations & Visuals in Reading Bundle ✏ ✏

• Illustrations in Stories - Literature
• Visuals in Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text

♥ Reasons & Evidence to Support Particular Points - Informational Text

♥ Compare & Contrast Bundle ✏ ✏

• Compare & Contrast Stories - Literature
• Compare & Contrast Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text