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The Topic: Charts and Graphs
Brief descriptions of charts and graphs, followed by links to larger sites on the same subject.
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...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Image to Narrative
This lesson, which can be adapted to fit with any picture you choose, works for learners of all levels.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Essentials for Reading Success
This site offers three cyclical flow charts of the essentials for reading success: components of reading, types of assessment, and layers of instruction.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Nuts" About Peanuts! (Reading)
The lesson will be implemented as part of a unit about plants. The students will learn about the growth cycle of a peanut and use a Five-Step Sequence Think-sheet to sequence the steps. They will also make predictions and complete...
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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.
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2: A Record of Climate Change
Using images and graphs, this interactive resource illustrates scientists' efforts to study Earth's climatic history for the last 250,000 years by drilling into the Greenland Ice Sheet and examining ice cores. Includes background reading...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Can Tickling Help Us Understand Some Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Can tickling help us understand some symptoms of schizophrenia? Read about a study that was conducted on this topic and answer questions based on the given bar graph.