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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1

Patterns and Data in Pictures

Learners find and extend repeating patterns and see that computers use patterns to repeat things. They collect data by sorting and counting objects carefully, record it in a table, and read picture and bar graphs to find the most, the least and how many more, finishing with a graph about getting to school.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 38 minutes
  • Patterns and data check: 7 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, count, type a number and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Find, describe and extend repeating patterns, and explain that computers repeat patterns to save work.
  • Collect data by sorting and counting objects carefully (each one once) and record the counts in a table.
  • Read a bar graph to find which group has the most and the least, and how many more one group has than another.

Lessons

  1. Patterns repeat 4 steps2 practiceabout 12 min
  2. Collect and count 5 steps3 practiceabout 13 min
  3. Read a bar graph 4 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  4. Patterns and data check 7 questions at the end

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