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Lesson Plan #: AELP-MPS0200
Date: September 29, 2000
Grade Level: 2
Subject(s):
Goals: Students will use graphs to record data, gather information, and draw conclusions. Students will use pictographs to compare more or less of an item.
Objectives: Using data from a survey, students will complete and analyze an apple pictograph. Students will write invitations to an "Apple Party."
Teacher Materials:
Procedure:
Anticipatory Set
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Ask, "How many ways can you eat an apple?" Brainstorm ideas with students and list their responses on the board. (Some examples could include apple dumplings, candy apples, apple pie, applesauce, plain, etc.) Ask students to decide which way they like the best, and tally the results on the board. Explain to students that they will use the results of this survey to construct a pictograph.
Continuation of Lesson:
Explain to students that a pictograph is a graph that uses symbols to compare items. Distribute a pictograph worksheet and one sheet of apple stickers to each student. Review the information provided on the worksheet (title, apple choices, and key). Ask students to think of a title for the graph. Remind students that all the important words are capitalized in a title. Using the overhead, model how to complete the first item on the graph. Students mark their graphs with one sticker for each tally result. The teacher will mark the sheet on the overhead with transparent counters. After the pictographs are completed, discuss the results with students.
Closure:
To integrate math and language arts, invite another classroom over for an "Apple Party." Have each student complete an invitation for the "Apple Party" (see the sample invitation provided). Provide apple "treats" based on students' preferences for eating apples.
Assessment: Observe students' participation throughout the lesson. Collect students' pictographs to check for accuracy.
Special Comments: Special Needs Adaptation: A student, who is unable to control his or her small motor skills, will receive larger stickers and an enlarged graph. This will help the student manipulate the stickers better. A student who is visually impaired will be placed in front of the classroom, so he or she can more easily see the overhead graph. In addition, the student will receive an enlarged pictograph worksheet.