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1st grade · Math · Unit 14 of 14

Picture Graphs

Ask, count and compare

What your child practices

Reading picture graphs with three groups: how many in each, how many more, how many in all, and which question a class survey can answer.

Alaska content standards learning standard: 1.MD.7 · organizing, showing and reading data with up to three categories

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Count each row of the graph.
  2. Find the most and the fewest.
  3. Subtract to find how many more.

Example: 5 chose 🐶 and 3 chose 🐱. How many more chose 🐶? 5 − 3 = 2. Answer: 2

Picture Graphs in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 14 of 14 in 1st grade Math, after Jump by Tens.

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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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

    Which has the fewest?

    Our favorite weather

    snowy
    ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
    windy
    🌬️🌬️
    sunny
    ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

    Each picture = 1

    • 🌬️windy
    • ☀️sunny
    • ❄️snowy

  2. Question 2

    Which has the most?

    Bugs we saw

    bee
    🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐞ladybug
    • 🦋butterfly
    • 🐝bee

  3. Question 3

    How many answers are there in all?

    Our favorite fruit

    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇
    banana
    🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
    orange
    🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

    Each picture = 1

    • 16
    • 22
    • 17
    • 19

  4. Question 4

    Sort them: fly or swim?

    Sort into: 🪽 Flies · 🌊 Swims

    • 🦇bat
    • 🐙octopus
    • 🐝bee
    • 🐬dolphin
    • 🐳whale

  5. Question 5

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • How many stars are in the sky?
    • How many of us have a sister?
    • How many fish are in the ocean?
    • What will the weather be next year?

  6. Question 6

    How many chose grapes?

    Our favorite fruit

    orange
    🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊
    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇
    apple
    🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎

    Each picture = 1

    • 9
    • 8
    • 6
    • 7

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