Trends and patterns in data are the focus of this Grade 5 Computer Science worksheet for the Data and Information topic. Students examine tables and graphs to decide whether information shows a trend or a pattern, use evidence from the data, and make a prediction about what may happen next.

Turn data displays into meaningful observations

This resource builds the vocabulary and reasoning students need when working with changing information. Learners define and apply the terms trend, pattern, increase, decrease, and prediction. They then use those ideas to interpret information rather than simply reading individual values.

Students practice distinguishing a trend from a pattern when information appears in a table or graph. They also look for evidence that values are increasing or decreasing and use what the data shows to predict a reasonable next outcome. This keeps prediction grounded in observable information rather than guessing.

Practice the skill in multiple ways

The worksheet includes multiple-choice questions, true-or-false statements, short-answer questions, a dialogue, matching, a cloze passage, a labeled diagram, a reading passage, and an essay. These formats give students opportunities to recognize vocabulary, interpret visual information, explain patterns, and apply evidence-based reasoning to prediction tasks.

What teachers receive

• Student worksheet focused on trends, patterns, increases, decreases, and predictions from data
• Separate Teacher Guide PDF with Learning Objectives, Teaching Tips, Discussion Questions, and Common Mistakes

The Teacher Guide supports lesson preparation by giving you prompts and teaching points tied directly to the concepts students encounter in the worksheet. The Common Mistakes section can also help you anticipate confusion between a repeating pattern and an overall trend.

Where it fits in your lesson

Use this Grade 5 data worksheet after introducing tables and graphs, during independent practice, as follow-up work after teacher modeling, or for review of data interpretation skills. It is especially useful when students are ready to move from identifying what a display shows to explaining how the information changes and what that evidence suggests may happen next.

The resource keeps the lesson centered on a clear sequence of thinking: identify what the data is doing, decide whether it shows a pattern or trend, notice increases or decreases, and use that evidence to make a prediction.