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Elizabeth and Miguel made a graph of their data.
“Can you see a pattern?” asked Miguel.
“Yes,” said Elizabeth. “No one has a first name with one, two, or three letters.”
“That is right!” said Miguel. “And only two kids have more than seven letters in their first name.”
You will carry out an investigation called First Names. You will collect data with your class and graph it. First, you will find the number of letters in your classmates' first names. Then, you will look for patterns in the data. Later, you will use the information to write a letter to a game company about the number of letters that a computer game should allow for a player's name.
What first names will your class use? Some children in your class might use shortened names, like “Bob” for “Robert.” Others might have two-part names, like “Mary Pat.” Some children might even use nicknames, like “Digger.”
Discuss and decide with your class what you mean by “first name.”