Name: Danielle Newman

Grade Level: First Grade

Content Area: Math
BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: SPREADSHEETS
Basic Productivity Tool Used: Graph Club
Standards Addressed: CCGPS.1.MD.4
Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer
questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and
how many more or less are in one category than in another.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
As the lesson is extended and students collect their own data, the Blooms level will
extend into the higher thinking levels.
Description of how to implement in the class: The teacher will introduce the
activity by modeling how to collect data, add the information into Graph Club and
then analyze the information using a variety of graph formats line, bar, picture, and
circle. As the students enter the classroom, they will be asked to move a graphic of
their favorite animal onto a data collect graph designed using ActivInspire Software.
Once the class has added their choice to the graph, the teacher will lead a discussion
to determine the number of choices made for each favorite animal.
The teacher will then lead the students through the steps of creating a graph using
Graph Club. A title, images representing the various animals and specific colors
assigned to each animal will be added to the graph. Once the data has been entered,
the teacher will support the students as they explore the various graph formats that
are available within Graph Club.
While exploring the various graphs, the teacher will prompt students to analyze the
information provided in the graph using appropriate math terms such as greater than,
less than, most, least, and equal. Statements will be added to the writing component
of Graph Club where various statements will be listed. (Extension activity The
teacher can challenge the students analysis of the graph using the following
question formats: How many more students liked elephants than lions? How many
people participated in the poll? How many students picked elephants and lions?
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): This activity remains as a level 2
until the students are allowed to graph information on their own. To move to a level 3
and possibly to a level 4, students will be encouraged to collect information, graph
the data and then analyze the results. Students could also add questions in the
writing window to give other students the opportunity to analyze the graphs. The
graph information could be printed and hung outside the classroom to challenge
other students in the school to review the graph and determine the answer to the
questions.
Description of the
sample spreadsheet and
graph/chart provided *:
The graph displays the data
collected as students
selected their favorite
animal. The final graphs can
be used to analyze the data
provided. Students discuss
math concepts such as
more, less, equal, the most,
the least, the total, etc.