Making Bar Graphs | The Electric Company Math Activities

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

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.

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.

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

PD
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