Key Mathematical Idea Collecting data as evidence to tell a story about a question of interest.
Integrate with a strand Statistics and Number
Mathematical Language: same, more, most, less, least, small, medium, big, sizes colours, sort, sorting, data, information
Meaningful Context:
  • sort objects into categories for display
  • make a display of the data collected (pictograph)
  • make statements about data displays

 

We read Greedy Cat for our shared reading and then had a discussion on the attributes of a cat.

Students drew a picture of their cat or someone else’s cat.

After that, we sorted the cats into different categories.

We had fun sorting the pictures into sizes and colours.

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