A graph can tell you in one look what a table takes a minute to say, as long as you read it in the right order.
Not started yet.
By the end of this lesson your student should be able to read a bar graph, a double bar graph, a line graph and a circle graph, answer questions from them, use a trend to predict, and check the scale before answering.
🚨 Reading a value off the wrong scale. If each gridline stands for 100 and the student reads it as 1, every answer is off by a lot, so the scale is the first thing to check.
Forgetting the key on a double graph. Two colors mean two different things, and a student who skips the key will compare a bar with itself.
Every number in this lesson is made up for practice. Find a real graph in a newspaper or an almanac and write two questions about it together, because that is the skill the lesson is for.
The site can't draw the graphs yet, so each one is given as a table of values. Sketching one from the table on paper is a good way to see what the words describe.
Read-aloud is not available in this browser. Try Chrome or Safari.
Before You Start
The words this lesson uses. Tap a card to see what it means, then come back to them whenever a question uses one.
Part One
Questions about the story you just read. Pick your answer straight off, or press Find it in the story if you would rather hunt for the sentence first.
Part Two
The word cards are at the top of this page. Look back at them as often as you need, then answer.