Grade 2 Graphing Worksheets: Bar Graphs, Pictographs, and Line Plots

These Grade 2 graphing worksheets read richer graphs and start to build them. On the bar-graph and pictograph pages a child reads the data and answers questions, and on the scaled pictographs learns that one picture can stand for two, so the count is no longer one-for-one. Line-plot pages place marks above a number line and ask the child to read how many sit at each spot, and tally-to-graph pages turn a set of tally marks into a finished bar graph. Reading bar graphs, working with scaled pictographs, reading a line plot, and building a graph from tallies are exactly the second-grade data skills these pages cover. The graphs are clearly drawn and the scales are easy to follow, so a child can read each value, double it when a picture stands for two, and answer carefully without any rush.

This set reads graphs where the scale matters. A child reads a bar graph, counts a pictograph where each symbol means two, reads a line plot above a number line, and turns tally marks into a graph. The scales are clear and the steps are short, so the move from one-for-one counting to reading a scale happens gently.

When your child can read a scaled pictograph and a line plot, you can print more of these graphing worksheets as a PDF and keep working on paper. It is all free, with no sign-up and no account, and there are no timers or scores to hurry a careful read of the scale. A wrong total is just a reason to check what each picture stands for. You can step back to the Grade 1 graphing worksheets for one-for-one graphs, or browse the full set of printable graphing worksheets to choose the next page.