Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Making Bar Graphs | The Electric Company Math Activities

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

2

Overview

In this activity from The Electric Company, students will review the components of and practice reading and creating bar graphs. Included are simple teacher-led activities and hands-on exercises for students.

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 2

    MA19.2.16

    Create a picture graph and bar graph to represent data with up to four categories.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.2.16

    Vocabulary

    • Pictographs
    • Venn diagrams
    • Yes/no charts
    • Bar graphs

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • strategies for collecting, organizing, and recording data.
    • strategies for counting and comparing quantities.
    • strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • choose and apply appropriate strategies for organizing and recording data.
    • read and interpret graphical representations (pictographs and bar graphs) of data.
    • communicate and defend solutions and solution paths.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • questions concerning mathematical contexts can be answered by collecting and organizing data on pictographs and bar graphs.
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    Resource Provider

    PBS
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