Theoretically… If everyone gives two, and you all end up with twenty, how many of you are there in the class?
Here’s what you’re giving to your classmates:
- Make up a question that you could use in a kindergarten or first-grade classroom to graph data. (Remember, according the Burris textbook, bar graphs, tally graphs and pictographs are appropriate for this level).
- Make up a question that you could use in a second- or third-grade classroom to graph data. (Again, line plots and line graphs are appropriate at this level, as are some types of circle graphs. Consult your reading for guidelines and examples.)
Your questions should be original and interesting to the level for which they are intended. Feel free to offer constructive feedback to your classmates regarding the questions they compose.
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Kindergarten - First Grade
How do all the students in the class arrive to schoo? How many differnt ways are there? How many arrive each way? Example: Bus, Car, Walk.
(A bar graph would be excellent for this question. They could have the types of rides on the bottom bar, bus, car, walk, etc. and they could have the number of students on the side bar.)
Second or Third Grade
How many hours did Sarah Spend babysitting each month? How many more hours did Sarah spend babysitting in May than in April?
Jan- 10 hrs Feb- 12 hrs March- 28 hrs April 32 hrs May 45hrs
(This would make a great line plot. They could put the months on the bottom of the graph and the hours on the side of the graph.)
Kindergarten- First Grade
What is the favorite food of your classmates? How many different foods are there? How many like each kind of food? example(pizza, ice cream, hamburgers).
(the students could use a bar graph to show this data, bottom axis would be the different types of food and the side axis woud be the number of students.)
Second-Third grade
How many days of rain have we gotten each month this year? Which month had the most rain? Which month had the least rain?
Jan.12 days, Feb.10 days, March 17 days, April 15
( Both a line and bar graph could be used for this data. The months would go on the bottom axis and number of days on the side axis.)
Kindergarten - First Grade:
What is the favorite color in the class? How many different colors are there? How many students like each color? example: Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, etc.
A Bar graph would be great for this question because they could color the bars the color that it represented. The bottom axis could be the color and the side could be the number of students.
Second - Third Grade
What is the temperature outside everyday at 1:00 p.m. for a month? What day was the hottest? What day was the coldest? example: March 21 temp. 79, March 1 temp. 41.
A line graph would be very good for this question because they could tell how the temperature should increase as the month goes by because it is getting closer to spring. days could go on the bottom and the temperature on the side.
Kindergarten-
My question would be if they had a dog, cat, or bird at home. We would construct a bar graph out of pictures of each animal. We would count each picture for each type of animal and label the number above the bar.
Depending on what time of year it was I would try to incorporate a holiday theme. If it was Christmas I would ask how many had trees, stockings, wreths on the door etc. This would be constructed the same way as above.
Second-Third Grade-
I would like to graph the growth of a plant. We could start out with a seed with a rular placed next to it. I would use a fast growing plant and track the growth for a month. We would create a line graph to show the increase of the growth over time. The plant will probably have growth spurts where it increases more than at other times. This would be a great way to learn about line graphs and also incorporate plants and growth spurts.
kindergarten
My question would be how many animals did you see at the farm today? This would be a good bar graph
10 horses, 5 cows, 6 pigs, 12 chickens
2nd-3rd
How many cows were sold at the local cattle auction on Tuesdays for this month, how many were sold each month for this year so far?
This would also be a bar graph.
Kindergarten-First Grade
What is your favorite ice cream? How many different flavors are there? How many like the same? (Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, etc…)
Use a bar graph- the bottom axis could be the flavors and the side axis is the students)
Second-Third Grade
How many days of sunshine in a 10 month span? Which month had more sunshine? Which month had the least amount of sunshine? (You can start at the beginning of a school year and finish at the end of the school year)
A line or a bar graph could be really good for this.
Sept. 13, Oct. 10, Dec. 10,… and so on.
For Kindergarden/First Grade:
I really think that the circle graph (pie chart) could be incorperated into the classroom. IF you took a circle and broke it down into 10 sectons, then took ten items such as gummy bears-4 red, 3 white, 2 green, 1 yellow. If you had them seperate the colors and count each pile and had them to color the number of sections accordingly. You could even seperate the colors to one per student, giving 4 students their own task. Ive seen where students were to color in a certin number of items with in a group-I think that this assignment would be doable with some guidance. By the colors the students could see more or less.
Second/Third Grade:
I would have the students plot the weather (temperature) for a month and make a line or bar graph with the data. For a bar graph I would probably use sunny, rainny, overcast, ect for the groups. I think temprature would make for a good line graph.