It's important to learn how to display data to make the information easier for people to understand. A reading activity prompts kids to use context clues to answer five comprehension questions after reading several paragraphs about showing data and different kinds of graphs.

Concepts

data, data analysis, charts, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, context clues, informational texts

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Distribute before starting a project in which kids will need to demonstrate what they have learned 
• Have kids create a pie chart using survey information from your class (height, birthday months, favorite foods, etc.)

Pros

• Includes an answer key for easy assessment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4