Wish your students were able to use a spreadsheet for graphing, generating an equation, and analyzing data? Then this “How to Guide” is just what you are looking for today. I will demonstrate how I taught my students to develop techniques of graphing data, analyze their graph, generate an equation for the “line of best fit” known as a “trendline”, and make predictions for future possible event outcomes based upon this information. This guide could be applied to classrooms starting with grade 5