Maths/ICT/SOSE - Graphs

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Time: 40 minutes

Strategies used:

  • Group Work/Pair Work
  • Modelling
  • Peer Reviewing

Context:

This lesson follows on from previous lessons about bar graphs (mapped out on paper) and SOSE discussion about rules and laws.

Professional Standards for Queensland Teachers addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

Maths/ICT (also ties in with SOSE Lesson on Laws)

Grade 2/3 Mixed Class

Small Group Activity

Created: August 2010

Developed and Designed by Stephanie Flynn 

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this lesson students should have an understanding of:

  • graphs (line and bar)
  • pie charts
  • data collection and analysis with Microsoft Excel

Critical Reflection:

Students were excited about the computers and on-task the whole time.

Students struggled a little with the Peer Review Rubric and as such I have changed the design of the rubric in two ways:

1. I have moved the A-E responses the other way around so students do not automatically tick the A - Excellent box but are required to read across all grades to select the correct grade.

2. I have placed descriptors in each area of the rubric as a guide to help students - as I noticed students seemed unclear if they were to tick, mark, circle or highlight different boxes to mark the grade.

Time is a factor in this lesson - students need to be motivated to move through each step quickly so their partner can have a turn and both do peer review.

Clear step-by-step instructions need to be written on the board.

There were some early finishes that moved on to creating pie graphs with the same data.

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