1. The Venn Diagram A Way to Compare Two Things

2. Long ago, a man in England wanted to compare two sets of things using a picture.

3. The man’s name was John Venn.

4. So he thought he would use two circles to list everything that was different about the items he would compare. Different

5. Compare Two Things John Venn had an idea. He would push the circles together until they overlapped. different

6. Comparing Similarities The new space could show the similarities of the two things. different same

7. different same Now we can compare things well.

8. different same Let’s compare……….. pencil crayon Both: have points make marks can be held make lines make pictures can be used to write made of wood has lead makes pencil marks has an eraser made of crayon wax has a paper wrapper makes color marks does not have an eraser Things We Use for Writing

9. different same Things that are Alive MeMy Favorite Animal