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Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards
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"An engaging and well-structured resource that helps students build skills in interpreting charts and graphs within informational texts through targeted passages and task cards."
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Kris W.
"I was surprised when my students didn't understand how to read a chart. Now they were able to use them within writing units to see how they need to read the chart to understand the text. "
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Veronica S.

Description

Do your students need more practice reading charts and graphs? You'll LOVE all the targeted practice included in this time-saving unit!

Watch students increase their reading comprehension using the six passages with diagrams, timelines, flow charts, and graphs to go with each. It also has a set of 32 task cards with different types of graphs, including bar graphs (both vertical and horizontal), pie charts, line plots, and line graphs. There are also three WebQuests to give your students online practice!

This resource includes:

6 Passages with Informational Text, Charts, and Graphs:

Historical Text:

The History of Chocolate

Thomas Edison

Scientific Text:

Tasmanian Devil

Rainforest

Technical Text:

Hot Air Balloons

How to Play Mancala

32 Task Cards with Charts and Graphs

Record Sheet

3 WebQuest:

Volcanoes

Dolphins

Transcontinental Railroad

Keys for all

Why you'll love this resource:

  • It includes a variety of passages with historical, scientific, and technical texts.
  • There are a variety of formats included, from passages, task cards, and webquests.
  • The passages are high-interest ones your students will enjoy, like Tasmanian Devil's or The History of Chocolate.
  • The task cards are a great way to reinforce learning and have a variety of charts and graphs.
  • The printables are low prep for busy teachers!
  • It can be used in a number of ways including independent work, small groups, literacy centers, exit slips, homework, whole-class games, test prep, and more!!!

Also, I do want to suggest a great set of reading centers that would go well with this reading unit. There is a center for EACH READING STANDARD!!!

It comes in a set of 10 for fiction, a set of 10 for nonfiction, or a YEARLONG bundle of 20 reading games specifically for 4th and 5th grades!

10 Fiction Reading Games

10 Nonfiction Reading Games

20 Reading Games Bundle

Here are two more of my favorite informational text resources you might like:

Informational Text Structures for 4th/5th Grade

Text Evidence Using Informational Text for 4th and 5th Grade

Finally, if you like my work, I would love for you to follow me by clicking on the green star at the top of the page.

Thanks so much!

Jenn

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Interpret Charts and Graphs in Informational Text Activities Passages Task Cards

The Teacher Next Door
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What others say

"An engaging and well-structured resource that helps students build skills in interpreting charts and graphs within informational texts through targeted passages and task cards."
star
Kris W.
"I was surprised when my students didn't understand how to read a chart. Now they were able to use them within writing units to see how they need to read the chart to understand the text. "
star
Veronica S.

Description

Do your students need more practice reading charts and graphs? You'll LOVE all the targeted practice included in this time-saving unit!

Watch students increase their reading comprehension using the six passages with diagrams, timelines, flow charts, and graphs to go with each. It also has a set of 32 task cards with different types of graphs, including bar graphs (both vertical and horizontal), pie charts, line plots, and line graphs. There are also three WebQuests to give your students online practice!

This resource includes:

6 Passages with Informational Text, Charts, and Graphs:

Historical Text:

The History of Chocolate

Thomas Edison

Scientific Text:

Tasmanian Devil

Rainforest

Technical Text:

Hot Air Balloons

How to Play Mancala

32 Task Cards with Charts and Graphs

Record Sheet

3 WebQuest:

Volcanoes

Dolphins

Transcontinental Railroad

Keys for all

Why you'll love this resource:

  • It includes a variety of passages with historical, scientific, and technical texts.
  • There are a variety of formats included, from passages, task cards, and webquests.
  • The passages are high-interest ones your students will enjoy, like Tasmanian Devil's or The History of Chocolate.
  • The task cards are a great way to reinforce learning and have a variety of charts and graphs.
  • The printables are low prep for busy teachers!
  • It can be used in a number of ways including independent work, small groups, literacy centers, exit slips, homework, whole-class games, test prep, and more!!!

Also, I do want to suggest a great set of reading centers that would go well with this reading unit. There is a center for EACH READING STANDARD!!!

It comes in a set of 10 for fiction, a set of 10 for nonfiction, or a YEARLONG bundle of 20 reading games specifically for 4th and 5th grades!

10 Fiction Reading Games

10 Nonfiction Reading Games

20 Reading Games Bundle

Here are two more of my favorite informational text resources you might like:

Informational Text Structures for 4th/5th Grade

Text Evidence Using Informational Text for 4th and 5th Grade

Finally, if you like my work, I would love for you to follow me by clicking on the green star at the top of the page.

Thanks so much!

Jenn

©The Teacher Next Door™

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom or for one homeschool parent teaching his/her child. If you would like to share with others, please purchase additional licenses.

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.83 out of 5, based on 433 reviews
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Great practice!
Rated 5 out of 5
July 16, 2026
A huge asset to my reading block! Well used and worth the money!
Nicole M.
840 reviews • Florida
Grades taught: 2nd
Great resource!
Rated 5 out of 5
May 13, 2026
An engaging and well-structured resource that helps students build skills in interpreting charts and graphs within informational texts through targeted passages and task cards.
Kris Wheeler
(TPT Seller)
193 reviews • Maryland
Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
Student populations: Mild to severe disabilities
Graphs included in Nonfiction
Rated 5 out of 5
April 28, 2026
I was surprised when my students didn't understand how to read a chart. Now they were able to use them within writing units to see how they need to read the chart to understand the text.
Veronica S.
61 reviews • New Jersey
Grades taught: 4th
Amazing resource!
Rated 5 out of 5
October 12, 2025
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This is such a tough concept for kids and this really helped them!! A great instructional resource and great for review!
Morgan Leja
(TPT Seller)
208 reviews • Michigan
Grades taught: 4th, 5th, 6th
Fun Review
Rated 5 out of 5
August 22, 2025
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Not only is this a great resource for renforcing graphs and charts but they are of high interest. It is a great conversation stater.
jessica G.
330 reviews • California
Grades taught: 5th
Informational Reading Practice
Rated 5 out of 5
August 1, 2025
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
I needed something to help my students practice reading and interpreting graphs. This is a great resource to review this skill.
Amanda C.
2,168 reviews • New York
Grades taught: 4th
Rated 5 out of 5
July 18, 2025
This was a great resource for my students to be able to read information, translate it and make sense of it.
Judith A.
447 reviews
Grades taught: 4th, 5th
Student populations: Learning difficulties
Rated 5 out of 5
May 18, 2025
My students enjoyed this center. We use it as a review before testing.
Danielle D.
189 reviews
Grades taught: 5th

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Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
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