What can we learn to read in a graph?

Colored-pencil tables, bar and line graphs with a pencil and magnifying glass.

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What can we learn to read in a graph?

Counting objects, comparing quantities and reading change ask different questions. Compare four activities before choosing a table or graph task.

See levels, routes and learning goals

Choose by the skill being explored. HOP, STEP and JUMP describe Chicodori content levels, not overseas school grades. The branch descriptions explain what to look for in each activity.

HOP · MathData & graphs
STEP · MathData & graphs

Choose a branch to open the activities and teaching notes.

Tables & graphs illustrationTables & graphs
How Many? · activity previewCount & recordRepresent counts by categoryExplore the activities ＋Tables & Bar Graphs · activity previewCompare amountsConnect a table with bar heightsExplore the activities ＋Line Graph Detective · activity previewRead changeRead how a quantity changesExplore the activities ＋

4 activities or resources to compare.

A graph is more than a picture of numbers

Look for the question a representation can answer. Counting and picture graphs belong to HOP; comparing scales in bar graphs and interpreting change in line graphs extend into STEP.

Where to explore next

After counting, what can we notice? ›How many ways can you make 100 yen? ›
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Count & record

Represent counts by category

How Many? · activity previewJapanese activity →

How Many?

Read the number of objects

Count objects in a picture to check the quantities that will later be recorded.

What to look for
Do the categories and totals match?
Where it can lead
HOP · Counting and organizing.
Tables & Picture Graphs · activity previewJapanese activity →

Tables & Picture Graphs

Organize quantities by category

Count characters and show the results in a table or picture graph.

What to look for
Which row or column should hold each count?
Where it can lead
HOP · Tables and picture graphs.

Compare amounts

Connect a table with bar heights

Tables & Bar Graphs · activity previewJapanese activity →

Tables & Bar Graphs

Match table values to bar heights

Compare numbers in a table with the bars that represent them.

What to look for
How does the scale relate to the quantities?
Where it can lead
STEP · Tables and bar graphs.

Read change

Read how a quantity changes

Line Graph Detective · activity previewJapanese activity →

Line Graph Detective

Read change over time

Read how a quantity changes through connected points and lines.

What to look for
Does the learner notice increases, decreases and patterns as well as a single value?
Where it can lead
STEP · Reading line graphs.

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