Approach: Station
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Focus:
Interpreting a pictograph.
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1Meg |
Resources: Graph |
Questions
/ instructions:
Look at the Room 3 birthday
graph.
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%
responses
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y4
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1.
How many children have birthdays in December? |
3
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97
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2.
Which month has the most birthdays? |
May
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98
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3.
Which month has no birthdays? |
July
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98
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4.
Which months have four birthdays? |
Feb,
June, Sept
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58
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5.
Which month has more birthdays for boys than girls? |
April
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69
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Commentary:
Almost all year 4 students
were successful in extracting single items of information from the graph. Where
answers required relating two or more pieces of information, the success rate
dropped markedly. |