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Going Graph-y
Second graders listen to and dicuss the story Where the Wild Things Are. They play a pantomime game and act out various feelings so their classmates can guess. They listen for the frequency of certain words, and record their findings on...
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Twelve Days of Christmas--Prediction, Estimation, Addition, Table and Chart
Scholars explore graphing. They will listen to and sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and estimate how many gifts were mentioned in the song. Then complete a data chart representing each gift given in the song. They also construct...
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Cricket Weather
In this collecting data worksheet, 4th graders use the data collected on crickets chirps and the temperature to make a line graph by following 4 directives.
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Reading Immigration Graphs and Charts
Students examine the settlement patterns and land use in Minnesota. In groups, they practice reading immigration graphs and charts and discuss why immigrants settled where they did. They are also introduced to new vocabulary related to...
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Voter Turnout
Explore politics by analyzing the voting process. Pupils discuss the purpose of casting votes in an election, then examine graphs based on the data from a previously held election's turnout. The lesson concludes as they answer study...
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Favorite Pets
In this tally chart worksheet, students finish filling in a chart involving a survey of favorite pets from a particular class. Students then answer 4 short answer questions about the results of the survey.
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Wordle It
Students discuss, define, and give themselves character traits. In this character traits lesson, students create a list of ten character traits that describe themselves. Students create a data table and poll their classmates about the...
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Bunny Cakes and Graphing
Third graders graph and analyze data relating to the book "Bunny Cakes" by Rosemary Wells. They listen to and discuss the book, vote on their favorite cake using Excel computer software, and discuss the results.
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Green Food Graph
Young scholars explore graph making by investigating St. Patrick's day food. In this holiday food lesson, students discuss their favorite green foods in honor of St. Patrick's day. Young scholars create a graph based on the data of which...
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Pictograms
Have your class practice using a pictogram with this resource. Learners count tally marks, and answer a few questions related to the graph. Afterwards, they could create their own pictograms.
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Forming a Research-Based Claim: Cascading Consequences Chart
Can you put that in writing? Scholars work with a partner to write a practice claim before writing their own claims. After writing their claims, learners share with class using a Concentric Circles activity.
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Data Handling
In this data handling worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 4 various types of problems. First, they draw a bar chart to represent the information provided in the table shown. Then, students show beneath the table how to work out the...
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ESL Country, Nationality, and Language- Fill In the Table
In this country, nationality, and language chart worksheet, students fill in the blank areas of the table by completing three statements. They complete the statements "She comes from...(country), She is...(nationality), She speaks...
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Figures and Charts
Sometimes words aren't the best way to get information across to the reader. The eighth handout in the 24-part Writing the Paper series describes different type of figures and charts to display complex information in a paper....
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Weather instruments
Students explore weather instruments. In this weather lesson, students make rain gauges, anemometers, and barometers following the instructions given in the lesson. Students set up a weather station using their instruments and record and...
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Understanding the Mathematics of the Fiscal Cliff
What exactly is the fiscal cliff? What are the effects of changing income tax rates and payroll tax rates? Your learners will begin by reading news articles and examining graphs illustrating the "Bush tax cuts" of 2001 and 2003. They...
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Our Favorite Season Lesson Plan
Fifth graders complete a survey about their favorite season of the year. Using Excel, they create a graph using the chart wizard and copy it into Microsoft Word. They explore the relationship between the survey and the bar graph.
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The Guise of a Graph Gumshoe
Eighth graders practice constructing bar, circle, and box-and-whisker graphs. They practice reading and interpreting data displays and explore how different displays of data can lead to different interpretations.
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How Much Will I Spend On Gas?
Students construct a linear graph. In this graphing lesson, students determine a monthly budget for gasoline. Students construct a t-chart and coordinate graph to display data. Resources are provided.
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Organizing and Interpreting Data
For this organizing and interpreting data worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different problems related to reading various data tables. First, they complete the 3 charts shown with the correct tally amount, frequency amount, and...
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Recording Frequency
First graders analyze nursery rhymes and gather data about word frequency. In this frequency lesson, 1st graders create graphs and tables. Students interpret the data.
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Inference Lesson Plan
Students practice assessing graphics to infer and identify an author's implicit and explicit meaning in a piece of text. They evaluate the effectiveness of information found in maps, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, cutaways and through...
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Budgeting (Part 1)
Students examine why a budget may be helpful. In this budgeting lesson plan, students graph how they spent money during the past week. They discuss the benefits of creating a budget and explore the difference between wants and needs.
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Meeting Needs Four Ways: The Drive (6th)
Students study the U.S. economic sectors and their philanthropic role in communities. In this civil society lesson plan, students brainstorm and classify businesses in their community. Students discuss the for-profit, nonprofit,...