On Friday, we had a surprise in math class! What better way to kick off a graphing lesson then to have a taste test! We tasted three different kinds of ice cream and each child chose their favorite and wrote it on a post-it note.
Once our data was collected, we discussed as a class if there was a better way to display it so we could easily see what flavor had the most votes.
After a few different suggestions (put them into a pattern, sort them into groups...), we realized that if we lined our data up, we were able to see easily which flavor had the most/least votes.
Everyone was excited to see that we had created our first graph! We used our data to create a class graph of our favorite ice cream flavors! We also discovered bar graphs can go either direction and the data doesn't change!
After creating our class ice cream graph, we were busy collecting data for another graph! We counted how many desks and doors (including cabinet doors) were in our room. We turned our data into a bar graph and discovered there are more doors then desks in our classroom!
Our next graphing adventure will involve tally charts and picture graphs! Keep up the great work mathematicians!
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