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Building Brilliant Bar Graphs

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Everything you need for a mini-unit on bar graphs is included in this lesson plan! It outlines three lessons and includes worksheets. Learners taste pretzels, shoot baskets (switching off hands), and grab candy, graphing results collaboratively. Entry activities are available for each day, and differentiation helps both learners having difficulty and those moving quickly. To use the linked online tool, you will need an updated version of Java.

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Vocabulary, bar graphs, graphs, data analysis, data organization, double bar graphs, math vocabulary

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bar graphs, data analysis, math vocabulary, double bar graph, graph intervals, organize data, domain-specific vocabulary, math
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2nd - 4th
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Math
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
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Skills Practice
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