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Need the perfect, ready-to-go basic bar graph activities? Grab these bar graphing activities for 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade students, including: bar graphs lesson plan, warm up, turn & talk, instructional video, anchor charts, learning target, and practice worksheet.
This includes ONE data and graphing activity that is a part of a bigger Data and Graphing Unit Bundle!
Bar Graph Skills Covered:
- Students will create bar graphs using data from the class or pre-selected data
- Students will look at bar graphs and answer questions based on the data on the graphs
Formats Included:
- Printable (color & black and white)
- Google Slides
- TpT Easel
What’s Inside the Data & Graphing Activities:
- Lesson Plan
- Learning Target
- Anchor Chart
- Instructional Video (covers the anchor charts, warm up and turn and talk)
- Warm Up Activity
- Turn & Talk Activity
- Double Sided Worksheet
- Answer Key
- Link to Google Slides
How Long Will the Bar Graph Activities Take?
These bar graph activities are designed to fill one lesson period. They will take anywhere from 25-90 minutes.
What standards are covered in the Bar Graph Activities?
- 1.MD.C.4: Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
- 2.MD.D.10: Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
- 3.MD.B.3: Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
When to Use the Data and Graphing Activities:
- Math Block – Whole Group or Small Group
- Homeschool Environment
- Guest Teachers
- Substitute Teachers
- Student Teachers
- Centers
- Enrichment
- Remediation
- Special Education Environments
Need more data and graphing lessons?
This lesson is part of a bigger unit – Data and Graphing Unit Bundle – which includes 15 days worth of lessons, assessments and more.
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