December
17
Charts and Graphs
Reading charts and graphs is a skill that our students must possess. World Resources Institute provides text around current events and charts and graphs to support. Apprentice students in the moves readers make when analyzing this information. https://www.wri.org/resources
Strategies might include:
- Evaluate the source
- Look for dates
- Identify the labels on the x & y axis
- Annotate the title . . . What does it mean? What information is being presented?
- Identify patterns
Don’t assume that students have these skills. They need apprenticing in the ways that expert readers read. You posses that skill!!