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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Reading Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good introduction to reading bar, line, and double line graphs, and drawing and reading Venn diagrams. Contains definitions and examples of these types of charts and graphs as well as practice exercises that ask you to answer questions...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Interpretation of Circle Graphs Grades 6 7

For Students 6th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Read and interpret circle graphs.
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Reading Charts and Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice graph reading skills with these exercises and companion tutorials.
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Text Kindergarten Unit: Labeled Diagrams

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach learners how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Sat Reading Test: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an overview of what to expect on the SAT Reading Test. It assesses your ability to read and interpret a variety of texts similar to the reading you will find in college and your career. All of the questions on the reading test...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Read Histograms

For Students 5th - 7th
Practice reading and interpreting histograms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solve Problems With Bar Graphs 1

For Students K - 1st Standards
Read and interpret bar graphs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on practice exercises to understand and interpret the data in a graphic representations including pie charts, bar graphs, and line graphs.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Warming and Cooling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are presented with a graph showing temperature over a period of 20 hours and are asked to read and interpret the graph. Aligns with F-IF.B.4.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Urban Systemic Initiative/oceans of Data

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes questions related to reading and understanding graphs. There are links on this site to lesson plans, benchmarks, and other webpages all of which mostly center about probability and statistics.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Interpreting Graphs: The Hot Tub

For Students 6th - 8th
The graph of the water level of a hot tub is presented and students are asked to tell the story of how the water level changes. Explanations of slope and functions accompany the problem.
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Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Tally and Bar Charts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Lots of good materials for teaching about tally marks and bar graphs.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: The Pet Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one-page website, sharpen your logic and graph reading skills by figuring out which pet goes with each bar on the graph. The solution is available to double check your own solution.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solve Problems With Picture Graphs 1

For Students K - 1st Standards
Read and interpret picture graphs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a tutorial video, or receive hints.
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English Zone

English Zone: Chart Reading Practice 1

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice reading and understanding information when it is provided in chart format. This website provides a simple chart and asks questions about the chart's information, which can be answered and checked.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will look at each of these types of graphs: bar graph, line graph, pie charts, as you work your way through the lesson.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Orange Trees, Olive Trees: Line Graphs

For Students 5th - 6th
Explore even and odd numbers, fractions, counting, and line graphs with Scott amidst the olive and orange trees.
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Make a Living Bar Graph

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Student use simple data to line up in a living bar graph activity when they respond to simple questions in this lesson plan. They physically and visually represent the data. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Tea Store: Reading a Table

For Students 2nd - 4th
Students will demonstrate how to interpret information in a table.
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Other

La Rue Literacy Exercises: Reading a Map: Quiz 12

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this quiz, students are given sections of a map with locations like the school, post office, back, etc. They are asked questions about directions from one place to the other.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Influenza Epidemic

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students are presented with a graph showing the spread of an influenza epidemic through a city. They are asked to read and interpret the graph and the equation for its function. Aligns with F-IF.B.4.
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NASA

Climate Kids: What Do All These Graphs Mean?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to make, read and interpret a graph based on information regarding climate change. Understand the need to think globally and to take action!
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English Zone

English Zone: American Presidents: Reading for a Specific Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, information about American presidents is provided in chart format on the left and asks students to use the chart to answer the questions on the right. Note: the last president listed is George W. Bush. Java is required.
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Read Works

Read Works:north America:comparing Data From Different Countries Around the World

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A chart with land and population data from Canada, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Japan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.