Compare & Contrast
Tell me one way a dog and a cat are the SAME.
Both are animals, both are pets, both have fur, both have four legs, etc.
It rained heavily all night long. Because of this, the dirt outside turned into...
Mud!
The sky gets very dark with gray clouds, and you hear a loud boom of thunder. What will happen next?
It is going to rain/storm.
Is this a Cause or an Effect? "I got a band-aid."
Effect! (The cause would be scraping a knee or getting a cut).
Marcus blew a huge bubble with his sticky pink bubblegum. He kept blowing and blowing to see how big it could get. What will logically happen next?
The bubble will pop (and probably get all over his face!).
Tell me one way a dog and a cat are DIFFERENT.
Dogs bark and cats meow, dogs need to be walked and cats use a litter box, etc.
Sarah forgot to tie her shoelaces. As she was running down the hall, she...
Tripped and fell.
Leo blows air into a balloon. He makes it bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER until suddenly...
It pops!
When we Contrast two things, are we telling how they are the same or how they are different?
How they are different.
A bicycle has two wheels and no motor. A car has four wheels and a loud motor. How are they the SAME?
They both have wheels, they both get you from place to place, or they are both vehicles.
Which word is a clue that things are the SAME: "Both" or "However"?
Both.
Find the cause (why it happened) in this sentence: "The ice cream melted because it was left in the hot sun."
It was left in the hot sun.
Maria puts a cup of water in the freezing cold freezer and leaves it there all night. What will be in the cup the next morning?
Ice (or frozen water).
Make a Prediction: You leave a chocolate candy bar sitting on the dashboard of a hot car in July.
It will melt into a liquid/make a mess.
Listen closely and tell me the Effect (what happened): "The little puppy shivered because the winter wind was freezing cold."
The puppy shivered.
"Apples are red and crunchy, but bananas are yellow and soft." What two things are we comparing and contrasting?
Apples and bananas.
Find the effect (what happened) in this sentence: "Tommy practiced his spelling words every night, so he got an A+ on his test."
He got an A+ on his test.
A dog sees a squirrel running across the yard. The dog starts barking and pulling hard on his leash. What will the dog do if the owner drops the leash?
Run after/chase the squirrel.
Find the clue word in this sentence that shows things are alike: "The brothers both love to play soccer at recess."
Both.
Plant A is put in a sunny window and watered every day. Plant B is placed in a dark closet and is never watered. Tell me one way they are being treated differently, and predict what will happen to Plant B.
Different: One gets sunlight/water and the other gets darkness/no water. Prediction: Plant B will dry up or die.
Name one way Summer and Winter are the SAME, and one way they are DIFFERENT.
Same: They are both seasons, you have breaks from school, etc. Different: Summer is hot and Winter is cold, it snows in Winter but not Summer, etc.
Fill in the blank with the best clue word (because or so): "I was very hungry, _____ I ate an apple."
So.
Sam's alarm clock didn't go off. He wakes up late, misses the school bus, and has to walk to school. What will happen when he gets to his classroom?
He will be late/his teacher will mark him tardy.
Put these two events in order of Cause first, then Effect.
The window shattered into pieces.
A baseball was thrown inside the house.
Cause: A baseball was thrown. Effect: The window shattered.
Listen to this sentence: "Tim and Max both dropped their toys in the pool, so they had to wait for them to dry." Name the word that shows Comparing (how things are the same) and the word that shows Cause & Effect.
Comparing word: Both. Cause/Effect word: So.