MAP 2nd Grade Reading

MAP 2nd Grade Reading helps second graders develop essential reading skills, comprehension, and vocabulary to become confident readers.

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Comparing and Contrasting Texts

Spotting What’s the Same and Different

When you compare and contrast, you look at how two stories, poems, or passages are alike and how they are different.

How to Compare and Contrast

  • Look for similar characters, settings, or themes
  • Find differences in how problems are solved
  • Use a Venn diagram to organize your ideas

Why This Skill Matters

  • Helps you think deeply about what you read
  • Makes you a better learner

Comparing and contrasting can be fun—like being a reading detective!

Examples

  • Finding that two stories both have animal characters, but one is set in a city and the other in a forest.

  • Noticing one poem is happy and another is sad.

In a Nutshell

Comparing and contrasting helps you find similarities and differences in stories.