Line Plots with Fourths | Interpreting and Creating | Math with Mr. J
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15 min2nd3rd4th5thMath
Summary
How to read and make graphs -- bar graphs, pictographs, line plots, and more -- to display and interpret data. Mr. J shows how to pull answers from a graph.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Graphs turn a set of data into a picture you can read at a glance.
- What does each type of graph show best?
- How do you read a value off a bar graph or pictograph?
- What does the key or scale tell you?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: bar graph, pictograph, line plot, data, scale
- Read two values off a bar graph and compare them.
- Make a small bar graph from a set of class data.