Reading tables
Complete, read, and interpret information in tables, including timetables
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Reading tables means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- Ruler, cup, or clock as fits the topic
- Paper for recording
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Measure a pencil as about 15 cm and write the unit with the number.
Optional challenge. For Reading tables, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Reading tables, not mastery.
Share and support
Family records and proof options
Keep a record of your learning
Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.
Practice this concept
Start practiceReading tables practice
Practice key ideas from Reading tables.
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Learning resources
Extra practice links — they do not replace Gakuva’s teaching approach.
Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
Where Do I Go?
Before you open · source notes
Where Do I Go? supports reading tables. Not every worksheet pack.
Free, no sign-in. A teacher solution is on the same page, so use the student view with your child.
Before you openAsk the learner to explain one step of “Where Do I Go?” in their own words.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Source, access and review notes
Public Illustrative Mathematics task page. The .html address responds HTTP 308 to this URL. An anonymous GET of this URL on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. Where a teacher solution is present, it is on the same page as the student task; this check did not find a separate locked student view. An adult can use the student view section and should not read a solution aloud. Advertising was not observed in the fetched HTML text; that is not a browser, device, or ad-free guarantee. This is a paper or discussion task, not an automatically marked interactive game. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. Diagrams on the page use missing or filename-only alt text, so they are not an accessible image equivalent. Accessibility still depends on an adult describing the picture.
Illustrative Mathematics. “Where Do I Go?.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — link only
Check understanding
- Read a bus timetable to find the departure time for a particular stop
- Complete a two-way table from given data about favourite sports by gender
- Calculate how long a train journey takes using a timetable
“Can your child read a timetable — like a train or bus timetable — to find out when a journey leaves, arrives, and how long it takes?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Data & Statistics
- Age range
- Ages 8–13
Standards