Weather Graphing Fun: Let's Make Observations!

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Lesson Description

Learn how to create and interpret bar graphs using weather data. Discover how to make observations based on what we see in the graph!

Video Resource

Grade 1 Saxon Math Lesson #113 Graphing Tags On A Bar Graph Writing Observation About A Graph

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Key Concepts

  • Bar Graphs
  • Data Interpretation
  • Observations

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to create a bar graph from provided data.
  • Students will be able to interpret a bar graph by answering questions about the data.
  • Students will be able to make observations about the data represented in a bar graph.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students about their favorite type of weather. Introduce the concept of graphing as a way to show everyone's favorite weather. Explain that an observation is something we learn by looking at something.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Watch the video 'Grade 1 Saxon Math Lesson #113 Graphing Tags On A Bar Graph Writing Observation About A Graph'. Pay attention to how the bar graph is created and how the data is interpreted. Note the questions the teacher asks and how she makes observations.
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    After watching the video, create a similar weather graph as a class, using the students' own weather preferences. Poll the students on their favorite weather (sunny, partly cloudy, rainy, snowy). Record the results on the board. Then, guide them in creating a bar graph on a large sheet of paper or whiteboard.
  • Independent Practice (10 mins)
    Provide each student with a worksheet containing a blank bar graph template and a new set of data (e.g., favorite colors, favorite fruits). Have them create a bar graph based on the new data. Encourage them to write at least two observations about their graph.
  • Wrap-up (3 mins)
    Review the key concepts of graphing and making observations. Ask students to share their observations from their independent practice activity.

Interactive Exercises

  • Class Weather Graph
    The class collaboratively creates a weather graph based on student preferences.
  • Observation Sharing
    Students share their observations about their own independently created graphs.

Discussion Questions

  • What is a bar graph?
  • How can a bar graph help us understand information?
  • What does it mean to make an observation?

Skills Developed

  • Data Representation
  • Data Interpretation
  • Observational Skills
  • Graphing

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is a bar graph used for?

Correct Answer: To show information.

Question 2:

Which weather had the most votes in the video?

Correct Answer: Sunny

Question 3:

What is an observation?

Correct Answer: Something you see and learn

Question 4:

If 3 friends like apples and 5 friends like bananas, which fruit is more popular?

Correct Answer: Bananas

Question 5:

Which weather had the least votes in the video?

Correct Answer: Rainy

Question 6:

If a graph shows 4 cats and 2 dogs, how many animals are there in all?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 7:

Which of these is NOT a type of weather?

Correct Answer: Doggy

Question 8:

What do we call the lines that show how many?

Correct Answer: Graph lines

Question 9:

What is the first step in making a graph?

Correct Answer: Getting the data

Question 10:

What does it mean to compare?

Correct Answer: To see how things are alike and different

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A _____ graph uses bars to show information.

Correct Answer: bar

Question 2:

When we look closely and learn something, we make an _________.

Correct Answer: observation

Question 3:

The graph in the video was about _________.

Correct Answer: weather

Question 4:

If more friends like pizza than hot dogs, pizza is more _________.

Correct Answer: popular

Question 5:

The numbers on a graph help us _____ how many.

Correct Answer: count

Question 6:

We can use _________ to help us show data.

Correct Answer: graphs

Question 7:

Graphs help us _________ information easily.

Correct Answer: organize

Question 8:

When we look at a graph, we should ask _________.

Correct Answer: questions

Question 9:

Before making a graph, we need to _______ information.

Correct Answer: collect

Question 10:

We can _________ two groups on a graph to find the biggest.

Correct Answer: compare

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.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. CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1:Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

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