LEARN NC

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

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.

Resources aligned to this objective

Three Little Kittens
Students will experience the joys of acting out the story using simple props. Students will enjoy eating pie, and completing a bubble map and class graph.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.
Easter egg math
Using colored Easter eggs, students will sort by color, count eggs, and graph data.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Marie Messer.
Animals move!
This plan introduces students to the different ways animals move.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Mathematics)
By Michelle Tesiero.
A Birthday Basket For Tia
This lesson will provide your students with an opportunity to brainstorm, predict, and check for understanding throughout this wonderful story about a little girl, Cecilia, who is preparing a special birthday gift for her 90 year-old Aunt Tia. Cecilia collects objects that represent her favorite memories with her aunt. Many uses of technology are suggested to integrate math and science with language and reading.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Jenny Walters.

Resources on the web

What's the Weather?
Students discuss, describe, read, and write about the graphs and the information they contain. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What's Next?
Students make patterns, read patterns, and find patterns in the environment. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Us and Them
Students collect data, generate bar graphs, and compare two data sets. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Up on Top
Posing and answering questions using the graphs provided gives students an opportunity to apply their reasoning and communication skills. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Three in a Set
Students construct sets of three, compare them with sets of two, and write the numeral 3. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Show and Tell
Students describe their graphs using appropriate vocabulary and to develop skills in posing and responding to questions about their graphs. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Shirts Full of Buttons
Students explore subtraction in the comparative mode by answering questions such as “How many more?” and “How many less?” as they match sets of buttons. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Plenty of Practice
Students construct a bulletin board display that focuses on sums of 9, 10, 11, and 12. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Our Button Box
Students compare objects to identify similarities and differences. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
One, Two, Three--Go
Students compare sets of one, two, and three objects, and then record a set of three in chart form. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Numbers and Me
Students identify and use numbers in a real life setting and interpret survey data. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Naming Rows and Columns
Students learn the difference between rows and columns, how to label and select a title for graphs, and what comparative terms to use to describe relationships between and among the various sets of buttons. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
My Button Is...
Students make use of the properties enumerated in the previous segments of this nine-part unit. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
More and More Buttons
Students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Many Sets of Buttons
Students classify buttons and make disjointed and overlapping Venn diagrams. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 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