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Sock It! 

Black Socks, white socks, patterns galore! But which has most in the sock drawer?

surveys

  • conducting
  • recording data (tallies)
  • predicting

 

After making predictions about the outcome, students will conduct a simple survey and record their data using a tally system.

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Tally Race 

Lay out a pattern and then take a closer look…

surveys

  • creating meaningful questions
  • conducting
  • recording data (tallies)

 

Students will create meaningful survey questions and conduct the survey. They will record their data using a tally system.

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It’s In the Bag! 

What color, what color… it may not be what you think!

bar graphs

  • creating
  • recording data
  • interpreting
  • predicting likelihood

 

Students will create a bar graph as they collect and organize their data. They will make predictions and explore what color tiles are more or less likely to be chosen, and interpret their bar graph and compare it to their predictions.

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Reach the Top

Reaching the top first depends on the roll of the dice!

pictographs

  • creating & predicting
  • recording data
  • interpreting
  • recall addition facts

 

Students will create a pictograph as they collect and organize their data. They will make predictions and explore what sums are more or less likely to be rolled, and will interpret their pictograph to compare it to their predictions. They will recall single-digit addition facts.

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Graphs Away

A friendly survey might uncover something new!

checking predictions

  • creating questions
  • recording data (tallies)
  • creating bar graphs
  • interpreting bar graphs

 

After creating a meaningful survey question, students will predict the outcome of the survey, and then collect and record their data using a tally system. They will create and interpret a bar graph to compare it to their predictions.

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Birthday Tally

Time to find out what month has the most birthdays in it!

checking predictions

  • creating questions
  • recording data (tallies)

 

After creating a meaningful survey question, students will predict the outcome of the survey, and then collect and record their data using a tally system. They will compare their predictions with their collected data.

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