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Mathematics · Grade 1

Collect and Interpret Data

A class asks a question, collects answers and turns them into a table, a picture graph and a bar graph. Learners organize data into up to three categories, show it in a graph, and answer questions about how many are in each category, how many in all, and how many more or fewer one category has than another.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 55 minutes
  • Data check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, count, type a number and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Organize data into up to three categories and record the counts in a table.
  • Show data with up to three categories in a picture graph or bar graph, and match a graph to its table.
  • Use a table or graph to find how many are in each category, the total, and how many more or fewer one category has than another.

Lessons

  1. Sort and count the data 4 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  2. Show the data 5 steps3 practiceabout 18 min
  3. Answer questions with data 6 steps3 practiceabout 19 min
  4. Data check 8 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Number-Line HopHelp the frog hop to the right number — from counting to negative fractions.
  • Paint by AnswersSolve each space, dip your brush and watch a picture come to life.
  • Number TrainAll aboard! Load exactly the right number of animals onto the train.

More 1st grade math

Guide for grown-ups