Week: Focus: Data

Outcomes: Assessment:
MA1-17SP gathers and organises data, displays data in lists, tables and picture graphs, and interprets the results Anecdotal evidence
Bookwork
Learning Intention: Formal written assessment
Pose questions, gather data and interpret the results.
Success Criteria:
Compose questions, collect data and track what has been counted.
Create data displays using objects and pictures and interpret the results.
Lessons Resources Adjustments Register
Monday Number Warm Up mini whiteboards, Individual support as
Buzz Off skip counting forwards and backwards by 5s. textas, erasers, needed.
counters
Data
Tally Marks
Explain and demonstrate the use of tally marks.
Provide students with mini whiteboards and textas.
State a number and students represent it as tally marks on their whiteboards.
This activity should be done as a whole class on the floor so that instant
feedback can be given to students’ attempts.
As a whole class, draw counters out of a container one at a time and record
the results of the different colours in a data display using tally marks.
Discuss the findings of the data display.

Colour Number
red (tally marks)
yellow
green

Tuesday Number Warm Up Individual support as

Buzz Off skip counting forwards and backwards by 5s. needed.
 Data
Bar Graph
Play interactive whiteboard game:
https://www.education.com/game/graphing-
germs/?source=related_materials&order=1

Discuss what information we can gather from data

Students to use tally marks to record the types of pets everyone has in the
class. Using this information, students are to make a bar graph
Students to decide how they are going to label each part of the graph
Pose questions such as:
What animal was the most popular?
What animal was the least popular?
What were some pets not recorded?

Wednesday Number Warm Up Individual support as

Buzz Off skip counting forwards and backwards by 5s. needed.
https://www.education.com/game/graphing-
germs/?source=related_materials&order=1

Data
Picture Graph
Students to play interactive whiteboard game on picture graphs

Students use tally marks to record the types fruit each student had for crunch
and sip.
Divide students into groups.
Each group is to make a picture graph, using representations of fruit and
decide how they will name each axis of their graph.
Pose questions such as:
Which fruit was the most common?
Which fruit was the least common?

Thursday Number Warm Up Individual support as

 Buzz Off skip counting forwards and backwards by 5s. needed.

Data
Class Data
In small groups, decide what their data display will be about. E.g. favourite
television program, what pets they have, etc.
Each group creates their own question/s to ask other members of the class in
order to obtain the information they need.
They record the results using tally marks.
Represent this information as a data display.
Discuss the findings.
Possible questions include:
Which one was the most popular?
Which one was the least popular?
Were any results the same?
Friday Revision on data Individual support as
Play interactive whiteboard game needed.

Revision questions:
What does least mean?
What does most mean?
What are the names of the graphs?
(bar graph and picture graph – or pictograph)

Complete revision worksheet

Monday Assessment assessment booklet

(page 22)
Optional - assessment
sheet