Lesson Plan
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Build a Bar Graph

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners discover how to use bar graphs. They will gather and organize specific data in order to put it into a bar graph. Then they will answer several questions based on the information they have graphed.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
What better way to engage children in a math lesson than by talking about ice cream? Using a pocket chart or piece of chart paper, the class works together creating a bar graph of the their favorite ice cream flavors. Learners then work...
Worksheet
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Learning to Read Graphs

For Students 1st - 2nd
What is your favorite pet? This is a great tool for youngsters just learning how to read and interpret graphs. There are four simple questions. Consider extending this activity by creating a class bar graph: how many learners have a dog,...
Organizer
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Learning to Read Graphs 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
Do you like playing with blocks, dolls, games, or balls? Use this basic graph to review bar graphs with young learners. After completing the four questions below, consider creating your own class graph: who likes blocks the best? Who...
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Sand Babies

For Teachers K - 5th
An engaging lesson which has elementary learners measure weight to the nearest pound and construct and interpret a bar graph! They measure length using non-standard units and determine area using square tiles. Pupils round their birth...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Lab

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students make a prediction. In this applied science lesson, students guess the number of items in a jar. Students create a bar graph to show the predictions and the actual amounts.
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Bar Charts and Pictographs: How can they help us?

For Teachers 1st
First graders work with manipulatives to solve various math problems by using concrete objects to solve a list of problems . They create and evaluate bar graphs and write a statement about the information on their bar graph.
Worksheet
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Bar Graph Activity-Kindergarten

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this bar graph learning exercise, learners interpret a bar graph, writing how many students like each given flavor of ice cream. A reference web site is given for additional activities. 
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Tiger Math Graphing

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Learners practice various skills using the book Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger. After listening to the story, they create a pictograph using data collected from the text. They also color a picture of a tiger,...
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Graphing Data

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn how to display data using a bar graph. In this bar graph lesson, 1st graders use data from a t-shirt color survey to make a bar graph. They also make an animal bar graph before interpreting the information.
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Bar Graphs with Tally Marks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students classify buttons into categories, create and interpret a tally table and bar graph, and add and subtract numbers.
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Interpreting Graphs and Analyzing Data

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate graphs and analyze the data displayed in the graph. They read a graph reflecting the birthday data for the students to read and analyze. Students use the graph to determine the number of birthday cards they need to...
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Graphing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate graphing.  In this bar graph lesson, students view an informational website about graphing, then construct a class birthday bar graph outside with sidewalk chalk. Young scholars choose a survey topic, then...
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Learner

Solid Shapes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
A collection of two lessons, kindergartners will identify two-dimensional shapes in solid shapes. They will develop basic knowledge of the components that make up a sphere, rectangular prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone, and cube. Young...
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Graphing Memories

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Mem Fox’s Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge provides the labels for a graphing activity. Class members create an illustration of a memory item brought from home, and place their illustration in the proper column of a graph. When the...
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Graphing Favorite Holidays

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create spreadsheets and bar graphs based on results of survey of favorite holidays.
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Growing and Graphing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
Worksheet
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Problem Solving: Use a Graph 3

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math problem solving worksheet, students examine a graph based on books read and use it to solve 2 problem solving questions and a test prep question.
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The Gathering and Analysis of Data

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young mathematicians gather data on a topic, graph it in various forms, interpret the information, and write a summary of the data. They present their data and graphs to the class.
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A Reading Graph

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students construct and interpret a "favorite classroom books" graph. In this literacy and math graphing lesson, students choose a reduced size copy of the book cover that corresponds with the book(s) they chose to read during their...
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Twelve Days of Christmas--Prediction, Estimation, Addition, Table and Chart

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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...
Worksheet
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Mr. Brown's Pet Store

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this early childhood problem solving worksheet, students make a bar graph with the provided information and then use the graph to solve 4 problems.
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Statistics and Probablility

For Teachers K - 2nd
Statistics and Probability are all about collecting, organizing, and interpreting data. Young learners use previously collected data and construct a picture graph of the data on poster board. This stellar instructional activity should...
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Pancakes, Anyone?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore data collecting and graphing. In this data collecting and graping lesson, 1st graders watch a video about monster who sells pancakes. Students make a graph to record the most popular pancake. Students also play...