1st grade · Math · Unit 8 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.
New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-1.MD.4 · organizing and reading 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
Data & Graphs in New York
In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 8 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.
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 bike than walk?
How we get to school
bike🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲car🚗🚗🚗🚗walk🚶bus🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌Each picture = 1
- 1
- 5
- 11
5
Hint: Take away the smaller number from the bigger number.
Question 2
Which has the fewest?
Pets at home
cats🐱🐱🐱🐱birds🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦fish🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟dogs🐶🐶Each picture = 1
- cats
- fish
- dogs
- birds
dogs
Hint: Look for the longest row for most and the shortest row for fewest.
Question 3
How many more chose birds than dogs?
Pets at home
cats🐱🐱🐱birds🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦dogs🐶🐶fish🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟Each picture = 1
- 5
- 4
- 3
3
Hint: Take away the smaller number from the bigger number.
Question 4
How many chose spring?
Our favorite seasons - 1
- 6
- 7
7
Hint: Follow the bar to its number.
Question 5
Which has the most?
Pets at home
birds🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦dogs🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶cats🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱fish🐟🐟🐟🐟Each picture = 1
- fish
- cats
- dogs
- birds
birds
Hint: Look for the longest row for most and the shortest row for fewest.
Question 6
Tap the groups from the most to the fewest.
How we get to school - 🚶walk
- 🚌bus
- 🚲bike
- 🚗car
walk → bike → bus → car
Hint: walk has the most, so it goes first.