Name: Jamie Ropars Date: 3-28-13 Individual Lesson Plan Rational: To take results of a survey to make a tally chart

rt and a bar graph. 2.MD.10-Represent and interpret data.

Objective: Students will be able to use data in a tally chart to make a bar graph and answer questions about the data represented in the bar graph. The mathematical goal is to get the students to show data using a tally chart and a bar graph. Lesson Progression: To introduce the lesson, have the students talk about how they have used tally charts in the past. On the board take a tally of their birthdays according to the seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. It fits into the curriculum because the students have previously learned how to show data using a tally chart. Now the students will be learning how to take the information from the tally chart and show the data using a bar graph. This lesson is appropriate for second grade because it fits into the core standard, 2.MD.10.

Create the tally chart on the white board. Since we are taking a tally of the seasons break it down to months so the students can raise their hands if their birthday is between those months. For example if your birthday is between March-May you have a Spring birthday, June-August you have a Summer birthday, September- November you have a Fall birthday, and December-February you have a Winter birthday. After recording all the tallies the students will be given a worksheet to record the data from the tally chart but they must make a bar graph with the information that is shown.

After completing the bar graph we will discuss the results as a class and the students will then move on to complete the rest of the worksheet, practicing bar graphs.

To leave the students thinking at the end of the lesson, ask them what the bar graph would look like if there were no Spring birthdays?

Other Considerations: For this lesson you will need a white board, dry-erase markers, and the worksheet packets for the students to complete. T create this lesson, I based the concept off of the enVision Math program from chapter sixteen lesson three. Some questions that may be asked are: When would you use a bar graph? and how would you set up a bar graph? It is important to have a controlled learning environment so questions will be asked in groups in order to not get the class too talkative. For example asking the birthdays but doing it by the months and asking them to raise their hands. The students may get confused with setting up the correct structure of a bar graph but I hope they will find the birthday activity fun.

Differentiation: The concept may be a little hard to grasp so I may have the students work in their quad groups to get support of their fellow classmates. There are two ways to set up the bar graph with the vertical and the horizontal plane, pick one way to show to the students but explain that it may be set up correctly the other way as well. Assessment: Completion of the worksheet and the correct representation of a bar graph using the information from the tally chart. If the students are more advanced tell them there are no birthdays in Spring and see how they would represent that.

* See chart below

When's Your Birthday ?

Tally Chart Spring Summer Fall Winter Total

Bar Graph

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Spring Summer Fall Winter