

Gumball graph- color, count, graph, and analyze Organizing given information into a bar graph Robot Graphing- study, count, tally, and graph The guided math series gives you both whole group and small group lessons and materials.Ĭount and graph from a given set of pictures There are daily graphing activities for students to do independently. With every math concept, our students need to be responsible for applying what they know in their daily explorations. This is the same graph, but this time is is more than 1,000 or less than 1,000 Toss a Penny- Heads or Tails Graph and Tally Once they have completed this, they compare with a study buddy to talk about the results Taking advantage of this natural curiosity is fun! For the lessons in this next section, students are pulling manipulatives or cards from a bag to reveal the results. Once students have an idea of pictographs and bar graphs, we want to introduce the T-Chart and probability! Students love to compare their results to their friends results. For now that value is one, but later we can get into multiples when our students are ready! Third grade, I’ve got you covered further down in the post, but students in third grade with gaps in their understanding of graphing can benefit from all of these lessons. This helps students to understand that the pictures represent a value. Once the results are displayed, the analyzing of the information can begin! Notice that students don’t just build the pictograph on a pocket chart together, but they also build it in bar graph form at a table group or on the rug. If you have spent more than 5 minutes with a child in your life or teaching career, you know that students love to share their own experiences out loud! Graphing is a tangible way for students to see how their experiences compare with others in their class! In the guided math series for first and second grades, many of the graphing lessons revolve around surveying students and displaying results. In a world of info-graphics and constant data overload, graphing is not only necessary, but essential! Whether you work with young children or intermediate kids, this post has 20 ways to teach important graphing concepts! Graphs are commonly referred to as charts and are usually data which can be represented by symbols.
