Graphing on a Grid
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A lesson plan for grades K–2 Mathematics
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In this lesson, the eighth part of a nine-part Illuminations unit titled “Amazing Attributes: Sorting and Organizing Objects,” students create a graph and thus learn to move from the concrete through pictorial to abstract representations of displays of data.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, describe and display data using line plots and tallies.
- Goal 5: Algebra - The learner will demonstrate an understanding of classification and patterning.
- Objective 5.01: Sort and classify objects by two attributes.
Grade 2
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, describe and display data using Venn diagrams (three sets) and pictographs where symbols represent multiple units (2's, 5's, 10's).
Kindergarten
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will collect, organize and display data.
- Objective 4.01: Collect and organize data as a group activity.
- Objective 4.02: Display and describe data with concrete and pictorial graphs as a group activity.
- Goal 5: Algebra - The learner will model simple patterns and sort objects.
- Objective 5.01: Sort and classify objects by one attribute.
