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A lesson plan for grades K–2 Mathematics

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This Illuminations lesson is the first of four related lessons grouped under the title “Application - Using Math in Everyday Life.” In this lesson, students work with data to complete an organized chart for the purpose of transferring information to a graph or for the purpose of generalizing a rule.

This resource is referenced in the Illuminations unit titled “Application - Using Math in Everyday Life” and is related to the Illuminations lessons titled “Baby Weight,” “High Temperature,” “Skin Weight,” and “Whale Weight.”

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 1

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, and model whole numbers through 99 and compute with whole numbers.
    • Objective 1.01: Develop number sense for whole numbers through 99.
      • Connect the model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
      • Use efficient strategies to count the number of objects in a set.
      • Read and write numbers.
      • Compare and order sets and numbers.
      • Build understanding of place value (ones, tens).
      • Estimate quantities fewer than or equal to 100.
      • Recognize equivalence in sets and numbers 1-99.

Grade 2

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, model, and compute with whole numbers through 999.
    • Objective 1.01: Develop number sense for whole numbers through 999.
      • Connect model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
      • Read and write numbers.
      • Compare and order.
      • Rename.
      • Estimate.
      • Use a variety of models to build understanding of place value (ones, tens, hundreds).

Kindergarten

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will recognize, model, and write whole numbers through 30.
    • Objective 1.01: Develop number sense for whole numbers through 30.
      • Connect model, number word (orally), and number, using a variety of representations.
      • Count objects in a set.
      • Read and write numerals.
      • Compare and order sets and numbers.
      • Use ordinals (1st-10th).
      • Estimate quantities fewer than or equal to 10.
      • Recognize equivalence in sets and numbers 1-10.
  • Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will collect, organize and display data.
    • Objective 4.02: Display and describe data with concrete and pictorial graphs as a group activity.