Reading Charts and Diagrams Teacher Resources

Students practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.

At the end of this instructional activity, students will be able to identify and create diagrams associated with informational text. Included is a link to an eSpark video on diagrams, rules for group work, multiple examples of diagrams,...

A lesson plan in which students 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....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart describes different text features, including captions, italics, diagrams, labels, and titles.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...

In this lesson plan, the teacher will read a book about different landforms. The children will learn about the features of the landforms and how they were shaped by natural forces. Then text features will be discussed. The children will...

Students will look at examples of illustrations and diagrams in informational texts and discuss how each one helps enhance the text. Students gain the knowledge that sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words because a complex idea...

In this lesson, you will learn how to understand complex text by using information presented in a graphic aid. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [5:39]

[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.

[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of explaining how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

In this science-themed literacy lesson, middle school students read about an exotic bug and integrate qualitative and quantitative information through close reading and viewing of diagrams.

Before delving into "The Yearling," check out a biography of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming...

Before delving into "My Antonia," check out a biography of author Willa Cather, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming and answer...

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture.

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...