Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.4A Grade 2 CPI 2

 

Standard: 4.4 - Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics

 

Strand: A - Data Analysis

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -  The student will read, interpret, construct, and analyze displays of data

·        Pictures, tally chart, pictograph, bar graph, Venn diagram

·        Smallest to largest, most frequent (mode)

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        After collecting and sorting objects, children develop a pictograph or histogram showing the number of objects in each category.

 

·        Students design and make tallies and bar graphs to display data on information such as their birth months.

 

·        Students list all possible outcomes of probability experiments, such as tossing a penny, nickel, and dime together.

 

·        Working in cooperative groups, students are given six sheets of paper each containing an outline of a circle which has been divided into eight equal sectors. The students color each whole circle a different color and then cut their circles into individual sectors so each group has 8 sectors in each of 6 colors. Then they roll a die eight times keeping a tally of the results using orange for rolls of 1, blue for rolls of 2, and so on. They use these eight colored sectors to record their results in a circle graph, which they put aside. They repeat this twice and get two other circle graphs. Finally, as a whole class activity, they gather the circle graphs from all the groups, and rearrange the sectors to make as many solid color circles as they can. They discuss the results.

 

·        Students regularly read and interpret displays of data; they also read information from their classmates' graphs and discuss the differences in their results.

 

Kidspiration Activities:

 

·        Use symbols, link, and SuperGrouper categories to create pictorial displays of data sets

·        Use the Venn Diagram SuperGrouper category to analyze data.