| Approach:
Station |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8 |
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| Focus:
Interpreting
a table
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| Resources:
Activities chart
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72KB |
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| Questions/instructions:
The children at
Tahi School are at school camp. They do lots of different activities
every day.
Look closely at the Activities Chart, then answer the questions.
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SCHOOL
CAMP ACTIVITIES CHART |
| Names
of Groups |
Monday |
Tuesday
|
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Explorers |
Archery
F |
Confidence
Course A |
Water
Safety B |
Seashore
Study C |
Tent
Pitching |
| Crazy
Campers |
Yachting
E |
Archery
F |
Confidence
Course A |
Water
Safety B |
Seashore
Study C |
| Adventurers |
Tent
Pitching |
Yachting
E |
Archery
F |
Confidence
Course A |
Water
Safety B |
| Cool
Kids |
Seashore
Study C |
Tent
Pitching |
Yachting
E |
Archery
F |
Confidence
Course A |
|
| |
%
responses
2003 ('99) |
| y4
|
y8 |
1.
How many different activities are there?
|
6
|
20
(23) |
64
(62) |
5
|
15
(14) |
12
(13) |
2.
Look at the Activities Chart. The teacher has forgotten to put
a letter after the words “Tent Pitching”.
What letter should she have written? |
D
|
48
(52) |
76
(75) |
| 3.
Which group does the Seashore Study first? |
Cool
Kids |
56
(53) |
84
(81) |
| 4.
Which activity is not done by the Explorers? |
yachting |
60 (60) |
87
(89) |
| 5.
If a group started at the Tent Pitching, what activity would they do next?
|
yachting
|
75
(77) |
90
(90) |
|
|
|
|
Total
Score:
|
6
|
10
(10) |
50
(43) |
4–5
|
28
(30) |
28
(36) |
2–3
|
37
(39) |
17
(17) |
0–1
|
25
(21) |
5 (4) |
Commentary:
For both year 4 and year 8 students, there was no change over four years
in their ability to read a chart of activities. Forty percent more year
8 than year 4 students got all questions correct in 2003. |