Weekend At-Home Challenges
Recently the RiverRun students have been learning about making observations in their environment and visually depicting the information they’ve gathered in a bar graph. We’ve discussed the use of effective titling to explain what information the graph is depicting. In the coming weeks we will continue to work with bar graphs and also will start working with pie charts and line graphs.
In order to facilitate the opportunity for your child to continue learning more about graphs with you at home and to share with you what they’ve been working on in school, I am providing you with suggestions for At-Home Challenges you and your child may like to work on this weekend.
Feel free to choose one or more of the following, if you like:
- Mention things you notice in your home environment and point out comparisons you make. (i.e. I noticed there are five boxes of tissues left but only one roll of toilet paper, we’ll have to put toilet paper on the list for the store.) Ask your child if they would like to show you how they can make a simple bar graph with that information.
- Ask your child to investigate on their own and gather data for a comparison. (i.e. Count how many forks, spoons, and knifes we have in the drawer. Is it the same number, which is more or less? What are the colors of our coats? How many blue, green or black coats?) Suggest that they use the data they collected to make comparisons in a graph.
- Point out any graphs you come across in the newspaper or a magazine or book and explain to your child what the graph is depicting and/or what you learned from the graph.
- After a family meal, take a vote to learn how many people liked each menu item. Work with your child to make a graph showing the outcome. (i.e. 3 of us liked the ham, 2 liked the peas, and all 6 liked the ice cream!)
I hope you enjoy exploration of data collection and graphing with your child this weekend.
Nancy Adis
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