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1st grade · Math · Unit 13 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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.8(A); 1.8(B) · collecting and sorting data in up to three categories and making picture graphs

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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 13 of 16 in 1st grade Math, after Hour & Half Hour and before Picture Graphs.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    Sort by shape.

    Sort into: ⚪ Round · ⬜ Square

    • 📦box
    • ⚽ball
    • 🪟window
    • 🕒clock

  2. Question 2

    How many chose spring?

    Our favorite seasons
    0123456789🍂 fall🌷 spring⛄ winter☀️ summer
    • 12
    • 6
    • 8

  3. Question 3

    How many more chose birds than fish?

    Pets at home

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

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 2
    • 3

  4. Question 4

    How many chose dogs?

    Pets at home

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

    Each picture = 1

    • 11
    • 9
    • 6

  5. Question 5

    Which has the fewest?

    Pets at home

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

    Each picture = 1

    • fish
    • cats
    • dogs
    • birds

  6. Question 6

    Which has the most?

    Our favorite seasons

    fall
    🍂🍂
    winter
    ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄
    spring
    🌷🌷🌷
    summer
    ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

    Each picture = 1

    • summer
    • spring
    • winter
    • fall

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