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?