Letters in Your Name Line Plot

Grade Level(s):  4^th – 5^th Grade

Content Area:                                                                        Process Area:

Numbers and Operations                                           Problem-Solving

Algebra                                                           Reasoning and Proof

Geometry                                                                    Communication

Measurement                                                             Representation

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability                    Connections

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.B.4: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots. For example, from a line plot find and interpret the difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect collection.

Targeted Needs of Student:

Plotting data, connecting letters to math, representing data as a group, introducing data gathering

Goal:

Visually representing data on a line plot using data collections

Materials Needed:

1. Bulletin Board
2. Cut outs of graph and markers for plots
3. Question labeled at the top

Explanation/Summary:

Students will count the amount of letters in their name, find that number, and then take an X and place it on the graph. If students have 5 letters in their name, then they would plot their X over the 5 marker. This shows a line plot at the end of the day that the teacher can explain to students. Also they can take the fraction of different parts of the graph out of the whole class. For instance, if there are 21 students in the class and 7 of them have five letters in their name, 7/21 students have five letters in their name or a third of the class has five letters in their name.

Resource:

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