LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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).

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Many Ways to Create Patterns
Students use knowledge and skills in new situations to develop a solid understanding of the process for creating patterns, recognizing pattern sequences, and representing patterns in different ways. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mail time! An integrated postcard and geography study
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students write to friends and family asking them to send picture postcards. This activity provides motivation for writing and reading and provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about maps as students discover where... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Look at Me: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students create pictographs and bar graphs based on data collected, including the ages of classmates, cats owned, and number of teeth missing. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Count to 5: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students review the numbers they have learned during this unit by creating and comparing sets of zero to five objects and writing the cardinal number for each set. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Just Alike
Allows students to apply knowledge of properties for sorting the buttons while working in small groups. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Judge and Jury
Students participate in activities in which they focus on the uses of numbers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Introducing the Venn diagram in the kindergarten classroom
This ReadWriteThink lesson offers ideas for using Venn diagrams in the primary classroom. Choose among these ideas for using hula hoops and real objects to introduce the Venn diagram to young children as they sort, compare and contrast, and organize information... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
How Many More?
Students write subtraction problems, model them with sets of fish-shaped crackers, and communicate their findings in words and pictures. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Here's a Handful
Students construct sets of up to five items, write the numeral 5, identify sets of five, and record “5&rdquop; on a chart. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Graphing Trash Material
Students participate in activities in which they investigate the data in connection with recyclable materials and develop plans to help the environment. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Graphing on a Grid
Students create a graph and thus learn to move from the concrete through pictorial to abstract representations of displays of data. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Grandma's Button Box
Students have opportunities to identify properties and to sort, classify, organize, and display data. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Freckle Face
Students collect data about a partner's face and tally the data from the whole class. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Focus on Two
Students make groups of two, write the numeral 2, and record a group of two on a personal recording chart. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Finding Four
Students explore the number four. They make sets of four, write the numeral 4, and compare sets of four to sets of one, two, and three. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Finding Addition Patterns
Students explore commutativity and examine addition patterns. Then they record known facts on a personal addition chart. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Favorite Pizza Toppings
Students make a bar graph to display information about their favorite pizza toppings, analyze the results from the graph, and then share their findings with fellow classmates. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Eyes Have It
Students collect data about the eye color of class members. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Eye to Eye
Students learn to pose mathematical questions about themselves and their surroundings through class and small group discussion. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Exploring sets through math-related book pairs
This ReadWriteThink lesson integrates reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing mathematical ideas while simultaneously strengthening home-school communication. The two math-related books used give real-world contexts to the strategy of grouping... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink