Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)
Read, write, and use the vocabulary of data collection and display — data, tally, tally chart, frequency, frequency table, survey, pictogram, bar chart, axis/axes, scale, label, category, discrete data, continuous data, line graph, pie chart — and apply these terms when collecting, organising, and presenting data
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“If your child wanted to show you how many books different children in their class read last month, could they draw a bar chart, label the axes, and explain what each bar represents?”
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- Activity. Read, write, and use the vocabulary of data collection and display — data, tally, tally chart, frequency, frequency table, survey, pictogram, bar chart, axis/axes, scale, label, category, discrete data, continuous data, line graph, pie chart — and apply these terms when collecting, organising, and presenting data
What to notice. Correctly label the axes of a bar chart including a title, axis labels, and scale • Distinguish between discrete data (counted) and continuous data (measured) with an example of each • Use 'tally', 'frequency', and 'pictogram' correctly when describing how to record and display data
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If your child wanted to show you how many books different children in their class read last month, could they draw a bar chart, label the axes, and explain what each bar represents?
Read, write, and use the vocabulary of data collection and display — data, tally, tally chart, frequency, frequency table, survey, pictogram, bar chart, axis/axes, scale, label, category, discrete data, continuous data, line graph, pie chart — and apply these terms when collecting, organising, and presenting data
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- Correctly label the axes of a bar chart including a title, axis labels, and scale
- Distinguish between discrete data (counted) and continuous data (measured) with an example of each
- Use 'tally', 'frequency', and 'pictogram' correctly when describing how to record and display data
“If your child wanted to show you how many books different children in their class read last month, could they draw a bar chart, label the axes, and explain what each bar represents?”
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- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Data & Statistics
- Age range
- Ages 6–9