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Grade 2, Math Std 13: Create displays, including appropriate labels, for a given set of data using pictographs, tally charts, bar graphs, or single-or double-loop Venn diagrams. Interpreting graphic displays

Lesson Plans: My Favorite Birthday/Party Plan Students will learn about collecting, organizing, and displaying data and how to use data to plan a class party. Graphing With Second Graders Students will sort M&M's and then enter the data into a spreadsheet in order to create a simple graph. Amazing Attributes - Sorting and Organizing Objects This unit consists of nine lessons. Students collect, organize, and display data using objects, pictures, and symbols. Family Pictures Children will exercise their graphing skills by creating, reading, and comparing picture graphs using the total number of people in their families. Can You Read the Information? Students will gather and interpret information from tally marks, bar graphs, and pictographs. Graphs Galore Students will participate in a variety of graphing activities during which they will replicate a class graph and use the graph to answer one- and two-step word problems. Apples, Apples, Apples Students will organize data, information and ideas into useful form including charts, graphs, and outlines. Favorite TV Show Students will collect, organize, and interpret data to make an informed decision about the favorite TV show of their classmates. Fruit Loops Graphs In this lesson students will use colored cereal to learn to organize data, prepare graphs, and analyze results. Sorting With Venn Diagrams Students will be able to categorize different objects using venn diagrams and classify items using venn diagram computer applets. 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 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. Graphing M&Ms During this lesson, students will learn how to create a graph using M&M's. Students will compare the different numbers of M&M's by creating different math problems. Students will practice working different math problems on the Internet. Animal Cracker Sorting In this lesson students will be given the opportunity to practice using mathematical vocabulary to describe a set of data. Following data collection students will also create a graph using the computer. Lucky Charms Graphs This culminating lesson will use Lucky Charms cereal for review of sorting, counting, tally marks, and graphing. This is a fun and tasty way for students to learn about math.

Resources: Venn Diagram With One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss Students construct Venn diagrams based on Dr. Seuss's book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. BasketMath 3 Choose "Bar Graphs" from the Table of Contents listed on the left side bar for an online activity. Pumpkin Exploration Students will work in cooperative groups to gather data on three pumpkins. Making a Class Pictogram Students will make a class pictogram from student-generated data that is organized, represented and used to illustrate the uses of collecting data in the real world. 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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