Favorite Colors
Est. Class Sessions: 1
Each student tells his or her favorite color. The class uses the information to make its first group data table. In a teacher-led discussion, students think and talk about their data.
Content in this Lesson
- Collecting and organizing data in a table [E8, MPE2].
- Identifying and representing numbers using tallies and symbols [E1].
- Making connections between representations of quantities using symbols
and tallies [E2]. - Reading information represented in a data table [E9].
Materials for Students
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Student Books |
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Teacher Resources |
Teacher Guide - digital |
Supplies for Students
3 inch X 3 inch self-adhesive note
crayon or marker of their favorite color
Materials for the Teacher
Unit 3 Assessment Record
chart paper for display of data table. See Materials Preparation.
Materials Preparation
Prepare Data Table. Construct a data table as in Figure 1. Make sure that it is large enough to accommodate multiple self-adhesive notes in the "Names of Students" column. If you have a small class size you can limit the number of colors to provide more differentiation when comparing the data. Too many values for the variable Colors will spread student choices across the rows of the data table resulting in many rows reflecting the same quantities. You may choose to make one value "Other" to accommodate students if the limited number of color choices does not reflect their preferences.
Figure 1 Favorite Colors Data Table
Assessment in this Lesson
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Kitchen Tools Student Activity Book Page 39 |
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