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2nd grade · Math · Unit 16 of 19

Graphs

Read picture graphs

What your child practices

Reading picture graphs: how many, which has the most or fewest, and how many more.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 2.10(A); 2.10(C) · reading pictographs and bar graphs and solving problems with their data

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Read the title and labels first.
  2. Count the pictures or read the bar for each kind.
  3. To compare, subtract: bigger count minus smaller.

Example: 5 chose apples and 3 chose pears. How many more chose apples? Apples: 5. Pears: 3. 5 − 3 = 2. Answer: 2 more

Graphs in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 16 of 19 in 2nd grade Math, after Five-Minute Clock and before Bar 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

    Which has the most?

    Our favorite fruit

    bananas
    🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
    apples
    🍎🍎
    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍎apples
    • 🍇grapes
    • 🍌bananas

  2. Question 2

    How many apples?

    Our favorite fruit

    bananas
    🍌🍌🍌
    apples
    🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇

    Each picture = 1

    • 2
    • 7
    • 5

  3. Question 3

    Which has the fewest?

    Pets in our class

    rabbits
    🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰
    fish
    🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠
    dogs
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐶dogs
    • 🐠fish
    • 🐰rabbits

  4. Question 4

    How many dogs?

    Pets in our class

    cats
    🐱🐱🐱🐱
    dogs
    🐶🐶🐶
    rabbits
    🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

    Each picture = 1

    • 9
    • 3
    • 5

  5. Question 5

    How many cloudy days?

    Weather this month

    rainy days
    🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
    cloudy days
    ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
    snowy days
    ❄️

    Each picture = 1

    • 6
    • 5
    • 0

  6. Question 6

    How many more fish than rabbits?

    Pets in our class

    fish
    🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠
    rabbits
    🐰🐰
    dogs
    🐶

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 3
    • 6

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