Interpret Simple Graphs, Tables, And Pictographs Lesson Plan for 3rd Grade Example Students

Topic:Interpret simple graphs, tables and pictographs

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to interpret simple graphs, tables, and pictographs by understanding the information they convey and by making connections between the information and real-world situations.

Materials

• Graphs, tables, and pictographs
• Handouts with information about real-world situations related to the information conveyed by the graphs, tables, and pictographs

Warm-up

• Ask students to think of a time when they needed to gather information about something in the real world.
• Have them share their example with a partner and discuss how they gathered the information.
• Ask them what tools they used to gather the information (e.g. a graph, a table, a pictograph).

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of graphs, tables, and pictographs as ways of displaying and presenting data.
• Explain that graphs are used to display data that is continuous (e.g. number of students in a class, amount of money in a bank account)
• Explain that tables are used to display data that is discrete (e.g. number of colors in a box of crayons, number of days in a week).
• Explain that pictographs are used to display data that is both continuous and discrete (e.g. the temperature on a weather chart, the number of people in a class and their grades).

Guided Practice

• Have students work in small groups to identify the type of graph, table, or pictograph displayed in each example.
• Ask students to explain how each graph, table, or pictograph displays the data.
• Have students explain how they could use the graph, table, or pictograph to make a reasonable estimate of a particular quantity (e.g. the number of students in a class, the percent of students with a certain grade).

Independent Practice

• Provide students with a variety of graphs, tables, and pictographs and have them identify the type of each and make a reasonable estimate of a quantity.
• Ask students to create their own graphs, tables, and pictographs and explain how they could be used to make a reasonable estimate of a quantity.##Independent Practice
• Provide students with a variety of real-world data sets, such as statistics on the sizes of different classes or the number of students who got a certain grade.
• Have students create graphs, tables, and pictographs to display the data and make a reasonable estimate of a quantity.

Closure

• Review the key concepts from the lesson, such as the different types of graphs, tables, and pictographs and how to interpret them to make a reasonable estimate of a quantity.
• Ask students to share one thing they learned or found interesting about interpreting graphs, tables, and pictographs.

Assessment

• Observe students during the guided and independent practice activities to assess their understanding of the concept.
• Collect and review the written answers from the independent practice activity to assess their ability to make a reasonable estimate of a quantity.