Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Informational Text: Synthesize Information in Charts and Graphs
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand the data found in charts and graphs, and at the end of the lesson, you will practice what you have learned.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor: Background Reading for Ionization Energy
A very complete lesson on ionization energy, including tables and charts to illustrate the ideas presented in the text.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reading Dot Plots & Frequency Tables
Practice reading basic dot plots and frequency tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Tea Store: Reading a Table
Students will demonstrate how to interpret information in a table.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Using Table Data: Time to the 1/2 Hour
My students have learned how to read and write time. Now I want them to see how important time is for us to organize our lives. I want them to use data charts for schedules and be able to analyze the information.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sat Reading Test: Overview
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Reading Schedules
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to read a schedule to determine specific information using the relationship of the rows and the columns. The video is followed by a series of...
BBC
Bbc: Ks1 Bitesize: How to Use Simple Data Tables
Explains how to read information from a simple golf scoring table. Students then label the rows and columns in a 2x3 table. [0:26]
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Feature Find
A lesson plan in which young scholars look through a book to find various text features including: a table of contents, sequence and format, charts/graphs/maps, diagrams/graphics/illustrations, print variations, an index, and a glossary....
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Parking Cars [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use their understanding of scale to read and interpret data in a bar graph.
Read Works
Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Text Kindergarten Unit: Labeled Diagrams
[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...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Creating Cubes
On this one page website use a table to help you organize the information so that you can solve this cube problem. When you are finished you can check your answer right at the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Sissa's Reward
On this one page website use a table to help you solve this problem about the chess board and grains of rice. The solution is available right on the website.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Tally Table Lessons
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains interactive pages to help students learn how to read and interpret tally tables. There are 7 different tally table pages with questions. There are some blank tables at the end of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Transportation Schedules 2
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a schedule to answer questions based on the schedule.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluate Graphics in Informational/procedural Text
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to explain the function of the graphical components. You will also learn to evaluate graphics on how well they do what they are intended to do.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Transportation Schedules 1
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a transportation schedule to answer questions based on the schedule. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Garden Spiders
In this video segment from Garden Insects, learn about six varieties of spiders that live in one garden. [2:40]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Ice Cream Sundae Survey
Learners quickly realize the importance of learning how to read and find information in charts, graphs, and tables compared to finding the same information written in a paragraph. This is a fun, high energy lesson!This lesson plan was...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Alphabet Blocks
Help Santa and the elves keep track of how many blocks they need for their alphabet blocks. Solution provided.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: The Lily Pond
Using your problem solving skills find the best way for Freddie to visit Sammy. On this one page website the solution is right there for you when you have found a solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Page Numbers
Exactly 195 digits have been used to number the pages in a book. How many pages does the book have? Sounds simple enough--if you have the right problem-solving skills. Solution provided.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Rose Bowl
A math challenge taken directly from the sports pages. Use your problem solving and data collection aptitude to find out how many different ways a Rose Bowl team could score 11 points. Try this one page activity from the NCTM Math...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Real Maps English Lengths and Distances
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to use a map to answer questions using the lengths provided in the diagram.