Free chart literacy teacher resource
Free 3-Minute Chart Source Check
Help students inspect source, date, data, and purpose before interpreting a chart.
A one-page classroom routine for checking whether a chart is ready to use as evidence.
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.
- identify who made a chart
- check whether the chart is current enough
- name the data behind the display
- consider the chart maker's purpose
- inspect evidence before building claims
Best used for
A focused scaffold for recurring chart-reasoning moments.
articles
textbooks
worksheets
state assessment items
science investigations
social studies sources
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.