Free chart literacy teacher resource
Free DLS Quick Reference Card
A two-page reference for the Data Literacy Standards bands and what students are ready to learn next.
A compact DLS reference card for understanding what students can do with charts at each stage, from reading values to evaluating evidence and claims.
Classroom use
Use it as a small routine inside the chart work you already teach.
This resource is connected to the Teaching Guide, but it is intentionally compact enough for planning, discussion, assessment review, or a next-day classroom move.
- see the DLS bands at a glance
- connect chart-reading skill to instructional next steps
- name what students are ready to practice next
- align free resources and product choices to data literacy growth
- keep chart reasoning expectations consistent across classrooms
Best used for
A focused scaffold for recurring chart-reasoning moments.
planning
PLC discussion
intervention grouping
resource selection
assessment review
standards alignment
Optional implementation
Looking for structured practice?
The free resource is a quick routine. Chart-Ed products give students repeated practice with the same reasoning demand across chart types.