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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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: 1.MD.C.4 · 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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, 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: Maine Department of Education

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

    How many chose sunny?

    Our favorite weather

    rainy
    🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
    windy
    🌬️🌬️🌬️
    sunny
    ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

    Each picture = 1

    • 8
    • 5
    • 6
    • 3

  2. Question 2

    Which has more: bus or walk?

    How we get to school

    bus
    🚌🚌🚌
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶
    car
    🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗

    Each picture = 1

    • 🚌bus
    • 🚶walk

  3. Question 3

    Sort them: hot or cold?

    Sort into: 🔥 Hot · 🧊 Cold

    • ☀️sun
    • 🍦ice cream
    • 🧊ice
    • 🍲hot soup

  4. Question 4

    How many more chose bee than butterfly?

    Bugs we saw

    ant
    🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋
    bee
    🐝🐝🐝🐝

    Each picture = 1

    • 1
    • 0
    • 2
    • 4

  5. Question 5

    Which has the fewest?

    Our favorite fruit

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

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍊orange
    • 🍇grapes
    • 🍎apple

  6. Question 6

    How many answers are there in all?

    Our pets

    cat
    🐱🐱🐱🐱
    dog
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
    bird
    🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

    Each picture = 1

    • 16
    • 18
    • 17
    • 19

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