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1st grade · Math · Unit 9 of 16

Data & Graphs

Sort and read graphs

What your child practices

Sorting by one attribute, reading picture graphs and bar graphs, and comparing groups.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.16 · organizing, showing and reading data with up to three categories

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sort things into groups first.
  2. Count each group and write the number.
  3. The tallest bar or longest row has the most.

Example: 3 chose dogs and 5 chose cats. How many more chose cats? Cats: 5. Dogs: 3. 5 − 3 = 2. Answer: 2 more

Data & Graphs in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 9 of 16 in 1st grade Math, after Shapes and before Numbers to 100.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Tap the groups from the most to the fewest.

    Pets at home
    012345678🐱 cats🐶 dogs🐟 fish🐦 birds
    • 🐦birds
    • 🐟fish
    • 🐶dogs
    • 🐱cats

  2. Question 2

    How many more chose fish than cats?

    Pets at home

    dogs
    🐶🐶🐶
    cats
    🐱
    birds
    🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 10
    • 7

  3. Question 3

    How many chose car?

    How we get to school

    walk
    🚶🚶
    bike
    🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
    car
    🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗
    bus
    🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌

    Each picture = 1

    • 8
    • 11
    • 4

  4. Question 4

    How many chose grapes?

    Our favorite fruit
    012345678🍇 grapes🍌 bananas🍎 apples🍊 oranges
    • 2
    • 11
    • 6

  5. Question 5

    How many more chose bus than walk?

    How we get to school

    bus
    🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶🚶
    car
    🚗🚗
    bike
    🚲

    Each picture = 1

    • 1
    • 11
    • 5

  6. Question 6

    Which has the most?

    Pets at home

    cats
    🐱🐱
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟🐟
    birds
    🐦🐦🐦
    dogs
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶

    Each picture = 1

    • birds
    • cats
    • fish
    • dogs

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