1st grade · Math · Unit 8 of 14

Data & Graphs

Sort and read graphs

What your child practices

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

California Content Standards learning standard: 1.MD.4 · representing and interpreting data with up to three categories

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

Sort things into groups first.
Count each group and write the number.
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

Sample questions

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

Question 1
How many more chose walk than car?
How we get to school
bike
🚲🚲🚲
walk
🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶
bus
🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌
car
🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗
Each picture = 1
- 7
- 1
- 11
Question 2
Which has the fewest?
Our favorite seasons
summer
☀️☀️☀️☀️
fall
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
spring
🌷🌷🌷
winter
⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄
Each picture = 1
- winter
- summer
- spring
- fall
Question 3
Sort by color.
Sort into: 🔴 Red · 🔵 Blue
- 🍎apple
- 🔴red circle
- 🔵blue circle
- 🟦blue square
Question 4
Tap the groups from the most to the fewest.
How we get to school
- 🚗car
- 🚲bike
- 🚌bus
- 🚶walk
Question 5
Which has the most?
Our favorite seasons
spring
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
fall
🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
winter
⛄
summer
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
Each picture = 1
- fall
- winter
- spring
- summer
Question 6
How many more chose winter than spring?
Our favorite seasons
fall
🍂
spring
🌷🌷🌷🌷
summer
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
winter
⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄
Each picture = 1
- 0
- 1
- 2