Today, I will represent data using tally marks in a graph.
Vocabulary
Teacher Resources
Tally graph: a graph showing information using tally marks What is your favorite pet?
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Considerations:
This will be students’ first exposure to tally charts. Graphing is not covered in Kindergarten. This lesson represents a skill necessary for mastery of 1.MD.4.
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Explain to students that vertical lines are used to count the first 4 numbers, while a horizontal/ diagonal line strikes through the first 4 lines, indicating a group of 5.
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Steps:
Dog
Cat
1. Count the amount of votes in each category. 2. Record total in the box.
/ *MP1: Make sense of the problem and persevere in solving it! *MP8: Find a strategy to help solve the problem. Directions: Use the tally graphs to record the total for each category.
Survey 10 of your classmates. Write in your own tally marks for each catWhich pet would you like to have?
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Dog
a.
Cat
b.
Fish
c.
*MP3: Do you agree/disagree with what
said?
*MP6: How do you know your answers are correct/reasonable?
Recap today’s lesson with one or more of the following MP questions: MP1: How did you know your answers were correct? MP2: How did you relate this to real life? MP6: What new vocabulary words did you learn today?