Intern Name: Sydney Cortez

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Math/Bar graphs

Grade: 3rd
Length of Lesson: 60+ minutes 2 pm - 3:20 pm (dismissal)

LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

In this lesson… students will be learning the characteristics of bar graphs. Including drawing,
Overview labeling, and analyzing data on a bar graph.

Probability and Statistics

Standards of Learning
Essential Questions
3.15 The student will
a) collect, organize, and represent data in pictographs or bar graphs; and
b) read and interpret data represented in pictographs and bar graphs.
What is a bar graph?
What are bar graphs used for?

Students will be able to…

- interpret and recognize bar graphs and their uses.
Objectives - record data they have collected into bar graphs
- analyze the data they have taken

I will be able to identify a bar graph and label its parts.

Learning Target
Necessary Prior - How to gather information
- Sort data into groups
Knowledge
- pencil/colored pencils
Materials - paper
- Chromebook/device

- Before presenting a slide show I will ask the class, what a bar graph is and what are
they used for? This will help to engage the students and get them thinking.
Introduction/Hook - I will present a slow reveal bar graph to slowly reveal the characteristics of bar
graphs.

- After the presentation, the students will go into small groups, for a total of 3
rotations.
Small group rotations:
Instructional Activities & 1. Mrs. Lessmanns group, working on multiplication work.
Strategies 2. Independent/online activity. Splash learns bar graph activity.
3. Students will be given 2 packs of gummy snacks and on a paper towel sort the
individual gummies by color/shape, then count the groups/gummies. They will then be
given graph paper in order to input the data they collected into a bar graph.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 Bar graph ~ graph drawn using rectangular bars to show how large each value is horizontal and
vertical.
Key Vocabulary or Data ~ collection of information
Concepts X-axis ~ horizontal axis
Y-axis ~ vertical axis
Formative:
- Gather data and create a bar graph. Students in small groups will collect data from shapes
Assessments given to them and complete a bar graph.
- In-class discussion about bar graphs

If there is time before dismissal I will review the characteristics of a bar graph with the class -
- Where is the y-axis?
Closure Activity - Where is the x-axis?
- What are bar graphs used for?
- What is a bar graph?
Part of a Complete Breakfast (bar graph slow reveal)

Resources

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Sydney Cortez
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Math/Bar Graphs
Date of Lesson Taught: 5/10/22
Cooperating Teacher & School: Mrs. Lessmann, Corporate Elementary School
Grade: 3rd
Time of Day: 2 pm - 3:20 pm

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
I spoke to my cooperating teacher to get insight on what topic, what kind of activities, and how to introduce the topic.
2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
They helped me to guide the direction of my lesson plan and have a goal in mind of what the students should know.
3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?
Introducing the material with a slow reveal slide show went very well as I anticipated, maybe even better. I thought the slide show
was going to be boring for the students but they seemed to enjoy it.
4. What, if any, adjustments need to be made once you begin?
How I lead my small group of students.
5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?
I anticipated the materials needed very well.
6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future assessment be and how
will you gauge its effectiveness?)
My small group of students created their own bar graphs as a formative assessment. The students performed very well when making
their graphs, it was fun and effective.
7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of the lesson? (Hint:
Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
On a scale of 1-10 (1 being awful), I believe the lesson was an 8.5. The students were able to understand the new material pretty well
and used their new knowledge of bar graphs in my group. I felt that I could have done a better job of explaining the material. Some
of the students were able to understand the new material immediately but some not so much.
8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to its success?
I had about 2 days of preparation time, which may not be a lot of time but was not last minute. I felt the time I had to prepare,
review, and practice the material led to my confidence in teaching that day.
9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
I would have let the students have more time to calm down right after P.E. so they were not as hyper and talkative while I was trying
to teach. Also, I wish I had a routine of how I was going to teach the students in my small group rotation how to make a bar graph. I
found myself forgetting to label the sides of the bar graph or other small details, I didn’t have a set plan in my mind, wish I did.
10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?
Overall, I believe the lesson went well considering it was my first time teaching. I felt as prepared as I could be and I am okay with
the mistakes I made. The kids really enjoyed the lesson and especially making bar graphs with fruit snacks.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)