Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Can We Help Save the Earth?
The children will compare two texts: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet, about an old house and an animal's home respectively, using a Venn Diagram. They should be guided to address the...
Cut the Knot
Cut the Knot!: Mathematics: The Science of Patterns
A book excerpt, this page discusses John Venn's "simple, geometric method for checking the validity of syllogisms," with diagrams, examples, and related links.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Compare & Contrast
Strategies to help students recognize similarities and differences provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as Character Frames, Character Mapping, Semantic Feature Analysis,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom
Contains plans for short lessons that introduce the use of Venn Diagrams to kindergarten young scholars. Uses interactive Venn Diagram exercises to make the concept easy to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing & Writing About Non Fiction
Introduce your students to the different types of non-fiction such as biographies, biographies, and informative books. Students will use graphic organizers, peer interaction, and hands-on experiences to further understanding of this lesson.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams Grades 10 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to use Venn diagrams to solve probability problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the definition of Venn diagrams and how to use them.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use Venn Diagrams in order to solve problems with common factors.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the definition of Venn diagrams and how to use them.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Venn Diagrams
Find a quick, concise explanation of a Venn Diagram. Examples are given and clearly explained.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Graphic Organizers [Pdf]
A printable chart shows nine different types of graphic organizers and is followed by a blank copy of each type of organizer, ready to print and use in the classroom. RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: The Addition Rule
The purpose of this task is to provide practice calculating probabilities in the context of a chance experiment with equally likely outcomes and to allow students to develop the addition rule for calculating the probability of the union...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: History of Set Theory
This page, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, traces the history of Set Theory as well as the concept of infinity and the infinite set.
Other
Ejc: Survey of Venn Diagrams
This page from the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics presents some advanced information about Venn diagrams, including formal definitions, symmetric Venn diagrams, variants of Venn diagrams, unsolved problems, who John Venn was, and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: A Cinderella Story (Grade 2)
Create a venn diagram to look at similarities and differences of their own school cultures.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Sorter
Use this applet to sort shapes according to their properties using Venn diagrams.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Classifying Polygons
This interactive diagram focuses on sorting polygons by common properties and then you select the correct label for each section of the Venn Diagram.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Venn Diagrams
Get independent practice working with Venn diagrams. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools:more Graphic Organizers for Teaching Literature and Reading
This Daily Teaching Tools collection provides graphic organizers for teaching reading and literature. Elaborate graphic organizers are provided for the following: story maps, character study charts, making text connection maps, conflict...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Sorter
Students learn how to categorize plane figure polygons using Venn Diagrams with this computer based tool.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Booker T. Washington and w.e.b. Du Bois
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart compares and contrasts the African American leaders of the late 1800's and early 1900's. It includes Venn Diagrams, quotes, pictures, and poetry.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dinner at Aunt Connie's
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is to go along with the story Dinner at Aunt Connie's from the Scholastic Literacy Place grade 4 reading series. The pages contain vocabulary work as well as hit the key skills of main...