K-3 GRAPHING

All of the students in grades K through 3 created graphs in their computer classes. Integrating with the math curriculum in the Lower School classrooms, the graphs created in the computer lab echoed math lessons in each grade, while teaching valuable technology skills.

Kindergarten students made pictographs that charted the characteristics of the classmates in their computer group. Together they thought of images they could find or draw in KidPix to represent things like hair color, gender and age.

First Graders chose from a number of different topics (Favorite Pets, Favorite Colors, Favorite Holidays, etc.) and began by gathering data from their classmates using a tally chart. They then translated their tally chart findings into a bar graph on the computer.

Second Grade took their tally and bar graphs a step further by setting up a color key to represent each student in their group, so that their graphs could show additional information. Now we could see not only how many students liked or didn't like turkey, but exactly
who those students were.

The Third grade learned about probability in their math class.
After predicting which color M&M's or Skittles they believed would be the most and least common in a small bag, they came in to the computer lab and charted their findings. Using Microsoft Excell, they learned how to enter their data in cells and then set up the parameters for their bar charts.