A RoboWriter Case Study

This worksheet engages students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 with a fictional narrative about a robot whose writing becomes choppy due to biased and unbalanced learning logs. Through close reading, comprehension questions, and text-based analysis, students explore bias, cause-and-effect relationships, data quality, and problem-solving while strengthening reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Key Learning Objectives

• Reading Comprehension (Grades 4-6) – Understand key details, plot elements, and explanations within an informational narrative.
• Understanding Bias – Identify what bias means and how unbalanced learning data can affect outcomes.
• Cause and Effect – Analyze how the robot’s learning logs caused the problem and how it was resolved.
• Text Evidence – Support answers using information directly from the passage.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Designed Content – Written by educators with clear explanations and grade-appropriate language.
• Narrative-Based Learning – Uses storytelling to make abstract technology concepts accessible.
• Versatile Use – Suitable for independent work, guided reading, technology units, or discussion-based lessons.
• Skill Integration – Blends ELA reading skills with technology literacy and critical thinking.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence in reading comprehension, identifying bias, analyzing causes, and using text evidence to support answers. By exploring learning data and bias through a relatable story, students gain a deeper understanding of how systems can be influenced by information quality. Ideal for classroom or homeschool use, this no-prep resource makes complex ideas approachable while reinforcing essential literacy and thinking skills.

This worksheet is part of our Role of Bias in AI collection.