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Compare and Contrast
By Kristi Waltke
Fourth Grade
Unit 4 Week 1
To compare and contrast is to tell how two or more things are alike and different.
Clue words such as like and as showsimilarities. Clue words such as but, instead, and unlike show differences.
Most of the time, there are no clue words.
How do pink dolphins compare to regular dolphins?
Alike DifferentBoth are animals that swim in
water.The pink water dolphins swim in rivers while other dolphins
swim in the ocean.
Both are mammals. Pink dolphins don’t have fins on their backs and other
dolphins do.
Both use sound to find things. Pink dolphins are flexible while other dolphins are not.
Both come to the surface to breathe.
Pink dolphins don’t leap out of the water like ocean dolphins.
Unlike fish, both move their tails up and down to swim.
Tell how the Amazon is alike and different from where you live.
Alike Different
Can you think of ways that these stories are alike and different?
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