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Related Activities to Try at Home
Graph Hunt Look for and collect examples of graphs and representations of data. Check newspapers and magazines. Talk about what is represented by the graph. Is it clear? What data, or information, does the graph contain? Encourage your child to make graphs about things that are important to him or her.
Math and Literature Here are some suggestions of children's books that are related to our work on data.
Aber, Linda Williams. Who's Got Spots?
Jocelyn, Marthe. Hannah's Collections.
Leedy, Loreen. The Great Graph Contest.
Ochiltree, Dianne. Bart's Amazing Charts.