1. Materials Needed
thinking cap
pencil
scratch paper
crayons
colored pencils
most &
least
homeworkpage
practice page
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2. Most and Least
There is someone who cant wait to be part of our lesson today! He is going to help us learn how to make a bar graph, and find out what the words most and least mean.
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3. Most and Least
I went to have a snack today, and thought about
him when I was looking at the gummy bears
left in my jar. I wondered which color I had
the Most of,
and which I had the Least of.
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4. Hmm,do the pieces create anything in your mind? Do you think you know what it is? Lets find out.
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5. Here He Is !!!
I am your
Gummy Bear
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6. Todays Vocabulary
Were going to have to know and understand some vocabulary words for todays lesson.
They are; say them after me -
1. Gummy Bear
2. bar graph
5. predict
[to make a guess]
3. least [the smallest number]
4. most [the largest number]
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8. green
9. blue
7. red
6. yellow
7. We are actually going to create a Gummy Bearbar graph today, but first lets predict how many of each color you think we have.Remember, to predict means to make a guess about something when you dont know the actual answer.
Write down at home what your prediction for each color is.
Yellow_______
Red_______
Green _______
Blue_______
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8. Count the gummy bears with me as they come out of the jar.
How many of each Gummy Bear did we have?
2
Yellow_______
Red_______
Green _______
Blue_______
4
6
8
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How did you do with your predictions, were they close or right on?
9. Lets Graph those Gummy Bears ! !
Gummy Bears
Yellow
Red
Green
Blue
0 1 234567 8 9
2
4
6
8
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See what number each colored bar stops on.
10. Which color had the most gummy bears and which one had the least?
Most=8blue
Least=2 yellow
2
8
8
2
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2
8
most
least
11. Review Time
Now lets read them this way
Vocabulary
[Lets read together]
gummy bear
bar graph
least
most
yellow
red
green
blue
least = [the smallest number]
most = [the largest number]
a bar graph uses bars to show how many
Gummy Bear
yellow
red
green
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blue
12. Pssst
most = the largest #
least = the smallest #
Practice Page
For questions 1 & 2, write how many for each group on the line below its picture. Then answer the question by writing the number that goes with the underlined word.
1.
4
The most equals?_____
4
3
2.
2
The least equals? _____
6
2
Numbers we are graphing
`++ +
Yellow
Red
Green
Blue
2
3
4
6
Color the boxes in to match the numbers you wrote above. Use the first number for the first color and so on.
01234567 8
2
3
4
6
13. Homework
For questions 1 & 2, write how many for each group on the line below its picture. Then answer the question by writing the number that goes with the underlined word.
1.
The least equals?_____
2.
The most equals?_____
Numbers we are graphing
Color the boxes in to match the number you wrote above for each set of pictures.
Choose four (4) different colors of your choice.
01234567 8
14. Awesome Job!!! Hard work pays off, now lets have some fun!
The End