1)
CORE CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE(S):
Statistics:
Collect
data by counting, measuring, or surveying.
Formulate
questions based on data.
Organize,
record, and communicate data.
Read
and interpret information from tables and graphs to make
comparisons and answer questions.
2)
OVERVIEW:
Children
will read the story, "One Monday Morning" from
the Macmillan/McGraw Hill textbook series for first grade.
They will then gather data (by counting) to display in a
picture graph. The graph will show the number of teachers,
boys, and girls that would visit the prince if the class
went to see him. The children will read and interpret the
picture graph as the teacher asks guided questions.
3)
FOCUS/ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S):
How
do you collect data?
How
do you organize your data?
How
do you tell others what you have found?
Can
you ask others about what you have learned?
4)
TIME FRAME:
One
class period of approximately 40 minutes.
5)
RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
Camera/Film
Photograph
of each child
Three
column headed and labeled graph (large laminated calendars
with the days cut off can be turned sideways and cut for
the number of columns needed)
One
Monday Morning in the Macmillan/McGraw Hill reading
series
6)
CULMINATING ASSESSMENT:
Each
child will correctly complete a picture graph showing the
data gathered if he/she and all of his/her brothers and
sisters went to see the prince. Each child will formulate
questions to ask the other children about the graph and
will answer questions formulated by the teacher (see
rubric and attachment).
If
Our Class Went to See the Prince - Rubric
7)
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Take
a photograph of each child in the class ( these can be
used throughout the year for a graphing activities).
Display a large three column graph headed with "If
Our Class Went to See the Prince" and labeled with
"Teacher", "Boys", and
"Girls" across the top of the columns.
Show
the children the graph and discuss with children the data
that needs to be collected to fill in the graph.
Demonstrate how the data will be collected and displayed
by putting the teacher picture in place on the graph.
Have
each child put his/her picture under the correct label on
the graph, starting at the bottom and working upwards.
Display
in the hall for others to see.
Guided
questions:
How
many children are going to visit the prince?
How
many boys are going?
How
many girls are going?
Are
there more boys or girls going?
Are
there less boys or girls going?
How
many teachers are going?
If
the graph were done on another day, would it look the
same way? Why or why not?
Extensions:
Books:
The
Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
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