Lesson 7

Answer Questions about Scaled Bar Graphs

Lesson Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for students to solve one-step “how many more” and “how many fewer” problems based on data presented in a scaled bar graph.

Lesson Narrative

In grade 2, students solved simple Put Together, Take Apart, and Compare problems using data represented in a single-unit scaled bar graph.

In this lesson, students solve one-step Compare problems using data represented in scaled bar graphs.

  • Representation
  • MLR8

Learning Goals

Teacher Facing

  • Solve one-step “how many more” and “how many fewer” problems within 100, based on the data presented in scaled bar graphs.

Student Facing

  • Let’s solve problems based on data represented in bar graphs.

Required Materials

Materials to Gather

Required Preparation

Activity 1:

Students will need their Favorite Time of the Year graphs from the previous lesson.

CCSS Standards

Building On

Addressing

Building Towards

Lesson Timeline

Warm-up 10 min
Activity 1 15 min
Activity 2 20 min
Lesson Synthesis 10 min
Cool-down 5 min

Teacher Reflection Questions

Think about a time you recently made a mistake during math class. How did you leverage your mistake to show students that mistakes are just learning in process?

Suggested Centers

  • Sort and Display (1–3), Stage 3: Scaled Graphs (Addressing)
  • Five in a Row: Addition and Subtraction (1–2), Stage 6: Add within 100 with Composing (Supporting)

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