CC+RIT+Below+161


 * Skill: Compare and Contrast Information**


 * Title of Lesson: Compare and Contrast**


 * RIT Range: Below 161**

• Classifiy words into given categories in literary text • Evaluate the category of a given word in literary text • Assess similarities and differences in literary text • Assess similarities and differences in informational text
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 * ISBE Standard:**

Vocabulary notecards Decodable, __Gull and Grane,__ Helen Byers Book, __Seabirds__, by Paul Sterry Open the lesson with 4 vocabulary words on notecards: alike, different, same, similar discuss the meaning of of each word with the group Open Court Decodables (K) Use the story __Gull and Crane__ (read the story with students) Ask students to name all the words in two categories using the text: Use the attached graphic organizer Column 1). Animal words Column 2). Action words List similarties and differences between any two animals in the story, __Seabirds__ by Paul Sterry (Holmes Library) recap vocabulary words: alike, different, same, similar
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 * With a partner students should use the "Things that are alike and different" document and choose one pair of words**