Reading graphs and charts is the focus of this Grade 6 Computer Science worksheet for the Data and Information topic. Students practise identifying categories and axes, comparing information across visual displays, and using evidence from graphs and charts to answer questions accurately.

Build confidence with visual data

The lesson develops the skills students need to make sense of information presented visually. They identify key parts of graphs and charts, compare data shown in bar graphs, line graphs, and pictographs, and interpret what a visual display communicates. The resource also reinforces important vocabulary including graph, chart, category, and compare, helping students connect the language of data representation with the way they read each display.

Practice through different response types

Students work through multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, short-answer responses, a dialogue, matching, a cloze passage, a labeled diagram, a reading passage, and an essay. This variety gives students opportunities to recognize graph features, explain comparisons, interpret information, and justify answers using evidence from visual data. Because the same core ideas appear across different task formats, teachers can see whether students can apply their understanding rather than only recall isolated terms.

Teacher support for the lesson

A separate Teacher Guide PDF is included with learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes. These supports can help you introduce the lesson, guide class discussion, and address misconceptions about categories, axes, comparisons, and interpreting data from visual displays.

Useful across your data unit

Use this Grade 6 graphs and charts worksheet after direct instruction, during independent practice, for homework, as a review activity, or as an informal check of understanding. The reading passage and dialogue can support discussion before students move into individual work, while the short-answer, labeled diagram, and essay tasks provide opportunities for students to explain their reasoning in more depth.

The resource is especially useful for reinforcing the connection between data representation and data interpretation. Rather than treating bar graphs, line graphs, and pictographs as separate topics, students practise reading them as visual tools for organizing and comparing information. This gives teachers a focused way to strengthen graph-reading skills within a Grade 6 Computer Science Data and Information lesson.