Confident Reader
Lesson 269Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 269: Vocabulary – Compare & contrast

Focus: Compare & contrast

Objective

What we'll learn

Learn the meaning of compare & contrast and use them in speech and writing.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Great readers grow their word bank every day. When you learn a new word, use it in a sentence right away!

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Read each word. Say what it means. Try to use it in a sentence.

Words

Word list

samedifferentsimilaroppositebothneither

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the same.
  • We can see the different.
  • You can see the similar.
  • They can see the opposite.

Story time

Kai and the Same

Kai went to the hill. Kai saw a same and a different.

"Look!" said Kai. "The similar is by the opposite."

Mia came to help. Together they played with the both and the neither.

At the end of the day, Kai and Mia smiled. What a wonderful Compare & contrast adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Kai go?

2. What did Kai see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 subtract

Meaning: to take one number away from another

Example: 5 subtract 2 equals 3.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • neitherA neither is something we can talk about or see.
  • sameA same is something we can talk about or see.
  • differentA different is something we can talk about or see.
  • similarA similar is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Match each word to what it starts with.

Stretch

Try more words

samedifferentsimilaroppositebothneither