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.

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