The Great Graph Contest Book

Grade Level(s):  1^st – 3^rd 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.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.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 problems1 using information presented in a bar graph.

Targeted Needs of Student:

Introducing data collection and graphs, drawing graphs, understanding tallying and surveys, connecting reading to math

Goal:

To introduce or explain graphing and data collection through literature

Materials Needed:

1.      The Great Graph Contest by Loreen Leedy

Explanation/Summary:

The teacher can use this book as an interactive read aloud by reading the story and stopping at certain parts to explain or analyze graphs. The book describes two best friends, a toad and a lizard, who are competing to see who can make the best graph. During the book they collect data, survey, tally, and graph data using line graphs, bar graphs, etc.

 

Resource:

www.the-best-childrens-books.org