Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 1, Math Std 13: Organize objects or information into predetermined and labeled data displays, including pictographs, tally charts, bar graphs, or double-loop Venn diagrams. Generating simple questions for data collection Example: "Do you like chocolate ice cream?" Creating displays with appropriate labels Example:

Lesson Plans: Amazing Attributes Nine lessons designed to build skills required for collecting, organizing, displaying and using data. Graphing the Great Outdoors Students observe objects in their environment and make observations about a graph. Apples, Apples, Apples Students will organize data, information and ideas into useful form including charts, graphs, and outlines. Fruit Loops Graphs In this lesson students will use colored cereal to learn to organize data, prepare graphs, and analyze results. What's For Lunch? Students produce a tally sheet, a bar graph, and persuasive letter to the school cooks. Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom: This lesson introduces the Venn Diagram to kindergarten students but can be easily adapted to first grade. Do You Like to Spend or Save? After briefly discussing spending and saving habits, the class takes a poll to see how their peers like to manage money. Then students graph their findings and discuss the survey results. Turkeys or Eagles? After discussing how Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey (not the bald eagle) to be our national bird, students graph their preferences and discuss the survey results. Using a Venn Diagram to Illustrate that Bears and Humans are Both Mammals Students will use two graphic organizers to collect information on bears and compare them to humans through a Venn diagram. Using Venn Diagrams to Compare and Contrast In order to be able to compare and contrast weather in other parts around the country and the world, the students will learn how to use a graphic organizer (Venn diagram) to visualize likeness and differences between two things.

Resources: Graphing Game In this game the students make dies out of wooden blocks and stickers and record on a chart the number of times the particular stickers land face up when they roll the blocks. Graphing Fun The teacher constructs a magnetic graphing board and magnetic identification tags for students to use to record answers to daily survey questions. An extensive list of daily questions is included. Math Graph Center This site gives good ideas for setting up a graphing center. Caps for Sale Using the book Caps for Sale, students will create graphs showing the number of caps that they can balance on their heads. Introducing the Venn Diagram Students will click and drag items into a Venn Diagram based on the characteristics of each item. Venn Diagram Interactive Computer Applet Students will be able to classify items and numbers on venn diagrams using computer applets. John Venn and Venn Diagrams from Enchanted Learning Enchanted Learning offers venn diagram activities and printouts of all types. This site also includes a short amount of information on John Venn, the inventor of the venn diagram.
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