Lesson 1

Getting to Know Room 204

Est. Class Sessions: 2
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Standards for Mathematical Practice

MP1.
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP7.
Look for and make sense of structure.

Students are introduced to Room 204, a fictional classroom of 22 children, through a class picture, data table, and graph. Students analyze Room 204's data as well as collect, organize, and graph data that describe their own classroom. Students are introduced to the terms variable and value.

Content in this Lesson

  • Naming variables in an investigation and listing appropriate values for each [E1, MPE1].
  • Making a bar graph using categorical variables [E3].
  • Reading a table or graph to find information about a data set [E7].
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Materials for Students

Daily Practice and Problems Lesson Homework Assessment

Student Books

 Student Guide

Teacher Resources

 Teacher Guide - digital

Materials for the Teacher

  • For class data tables:
    3 pieces of poster-size graph paper, 3 pieces of chart paper, or display of the Three-Column Data Table Master (Teacher Guide)

Assessment in this Lesson

Assessment Expectation Assessed
Getting to Know Room 204
Class Discussion Questions 1–8
Student Guide
Page 5
E1.
Name variables in an investigation and list appropriate values for each.
E7.
Read a table or graph to find information about a data set.
Getting to Know Room 204
Class Discussion Questions 9–12
Student Guide
Page 6
E1.
Name variables in an investigation and list appropriate values for each.
E3.
Make a bar graph using categorical data.
E7.
Read a table or graph to find information about a data set.