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UNIT 1 Data and Numbers
CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING DATA
 
 

Chapter 1 Exploring Data
  
  
Storybook - Look at the Animals


  
Dear Family,

I will learn to sort objects, make tally charts, and use picture graphs in Chapter 1. Here are my math words and an activity that we can do together.

Love, ____________________

  
sort




These cubes are sorted by color. 

data

information 

tally chart

a chart with tally marks 


soccer
 
basketball

Home Activity  
Use up to 10 objects to make two unequal groups.




Ask your child which group has more.

Make other groups. Ask your child to do the activity again.

  
Book - Grandma's Button Box

Look for these at your local library and use them to help your child learn to organize and record data. 
Bart's Amazing Charts by Diane Ochiltree, Scholastic, 1999.
More or Less a Mess by Sheila Keenan, Scholastic, 1997.
Grandma's Button Box by Linda Williams Aber, The Kane Press, 2002.

  
www.mmhmath.com

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