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Features

  • Six questions on what the data unit builds on, all with three kinds
  • Sort pictures and write how many of each kind
  • Count tally marks and draw tally marks for a number
  • Read a picture graph and a bar graph
  • Find how many more from a graph, and how many in all from a tally chart
  • A Score line, to sort the class before the unit
  • Answer key names the lesson each question leads into

Skills Covered

  • Sort and count pictures
  • Count and draw tally marks
  • Read a picture graph with three kinds
  • Read a bar graph with three kinds
  • How many more
  • How many in all from a tally chart

How to Use This Pack

One page to give on the first day of the data unit, before any teaching. Its six questions are on the 1st grade data the unit builds on, all with three kinds: sorting and counting pictures, tally marks, reading a picture graph and a bar graph, how many more, and how many in all from a tally chart. It has a Score line, and the key names the lesson each question leads into. The unit review and the unit test are packs of their own.

In the Classroom

Give the pre-check on the first day and sort the class by what they missed: a student who misses the sorting or the tallies needs to sort real things and tally them before reading graphs, and one who misses how many more needs to line the two rows up and match them. Read the questions aloud for students who are still learning to read. A low score is no surprise; it shows where to start.

At Home

Use it to see what your child needs before the data unit starts: sort toys or snacks into kinds, count each kind, and make tally marks for them together.

Tips for Success

  • Give it before the first lesson, not after
  • Read the score as a starting point, not a grade
  • Read the questions aloud for students who are still learning to read
  • The key names the lesson each question leads into

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 1.MD.C.4 Sort and show data in up to three groups, then answer questions about the total, each group's count, and how groups differ.
  • 2.MD.D.10 Make picture and bar graphs (one unit per square or picture) for up to four categories, and answer joining, separating and comparing questions from them.

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2nd Grade Data and Graphs Pre-Check

A check to give before the data unit, on the sorting, tallies and graphs with three kinds that it builds on. Students sort and count pictures, read and draw tally marks, read a picture graph and a bar graph, and find how many more and how many in all.

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What’s Included

  • A one-page pre-check (6 questions) with a Score line
  • An answer key that names each question's lesson and skill (2 pages in all)
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