Each week that goes by I stop and say, “Man, this week is so much better than the last!” ย After 4 weeks ย my sweet friends are becoming more familiar with our “guidelines for success” and procedures. ย It’s nice. ย They are learning that I mean business!, but they are also no afraid to get out of their seat and dang a jig when the pump up music comes on in the morning announcements!
The last two weeks have been doing a lot of graphing. ย We made class graphs as a whole group and made graphs using Natalie’s Great Graphs unit. ย You guys need to use it! They are controlled, so it’s nice to know ahead of time that questions will work. ย Also, it’s only $3! No, I don’t know her and she didn’t ask me to share, but I wanted to because it was a great unit!
We also used a few things to make anchor charts using my graphing labels from last year. Grab them if you can use them. ย They are FREE!
We spent most of our time last week and a few days this week creating our own graphs. ย It went like this:
Day 1: Develop your question and gather your data ( I learned really quick that it was much easier if they asked a two answer question. (yes or no, 6 or 7, cats or dogs, etc.)
Day 2: Graph your data
Day 3: Analyze your data
Day 4: Piece it all together.
Day 5: Add the labels to the parts of the graph.
I was very proud of how my friends did!! They turned out great!
You can grab THIS freebie and make your own, too.
I will definitely be using this next year because then we won’t spend more than 1 week on it. I have become a stickler about my teaching time. ย I need EVERY minute! Sometimes, things just need to go faster than the kids want them to! ๐
Ya’ll, no lie…it took us a WHILE and I have some smart cookies!
Come back later this weekend! I’m almost done with my Comparing Number to 30 mini-unit and I have a few things to share on Weather. ๐
I’m linking up with Teaching My 3 for a Fall Blog Hop! HAPPY FALL! Go check out and grab the freebies!

6 Responses
Thank you so much for sharing, Amanda.
Sue
SOS-Supply
http://www.sos-supply.blogspot.co.uk
I love the various ways that you utilized graphing. The students will never forget taking off a shoe and making a graph with it. Making it relevant to them….great idea!
Donna
working5to9math.blogspot.com
They really enjoyed it! ๐
I love graphing data. I try to do this a lot. The kids love it too! Thanks!! I’m a new follower too!
I found your blog through the hop! Newest follower here:) I hope you’ll stop by my blogs when you get a chance:) Your graphing looks GREAT!
Thanks! You are so sweet! I am your newest follower, too! I’m going to have to join your new Blog Hop! I’ll see what I can gather up this week! ๐