Unit 1 - Building Community Through the Data Cycle

Unit 1 - Building Community Through the Data Cycle


Content Emphasis/ Big Ideas

  • In this unit students will sort and classify concrete objects into appropriate subsets (categories) based on one or two attributes, such as size, shape, color, and/or thickness. They will organize and represent a data set by sorting the collected data using various methods.   They will represent and analyze the data using data tables as well as picture and object graphs.

Standards:

  • 1.PS.1 The student will apply the data cycle (pose questions; collect or acquire data; organize and represent data; and analyze data (and communicate results) with a focus on object graphs, picture graphs, and tables. 

Skills:

  1. Picture Graphs
  2. Data Tables
  3. Object Graphs

Picture Graphs

Instructional Videos

Data Tables

Instructional Videos

Object Graphs

Instructional Videos

Practice Items

Can you create a shoe graph like this one?  First step is to sort the shoes into groups!

Skill Based Game

Fruit Fall Pictograph Game

Additional Resources:

STMath (60 Minutes recommended per week)