Unit Description
In this unit the
students will explore data. Students identify and describe attributes of
objects, such as color, size, and shape.
They sort and categorize attribute blocks, buttons, household lids,
and even each other. Students create
representations of their object sets and results from various class
surveys. Students continue to collect
data about themselves which they sort and represent in ways that help them
compare several categories of data.
Students will develop a sense of what it means to investigate a data
question as they collect, sort, represent and describe categorical data.
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Enduring Understandings
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I can make my own decisions if I think.
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I can show my thinking in different ways.
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Essential Questions
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Why do I need to think?
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How can I make a good decision?
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Why is it important to show my thinking in different ways?
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How can I tell others about my ideas?
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How can ideas change?
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GLEs: 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21,
26, 32, 34, 35, 36
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Students will know…
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Purpose and uses of bar graphs and charts.
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Purposes and uses of simple logical classification rules
(belongs, doesn’t belong).
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Probability vocabulary (more likely to happen, less likely
to happen, always, never, the same as).
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Students will be able
to…
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Collect, sort, organize, and describe data based on
real-life situations.
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Construct, read, and interpret data in charts, graphs,
tables.
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Formulate and solve problems that involve the use of data.
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Explore, formulate, and solve sequence-of-pattern problems
involving selection and arrangement of objects/numerals.
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Predict outcomes based on probability (make predictions
with same chance, more likely, or less likely; determine fair and unfair
games).
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Demonstrate the connection of data analysis, probability,
and discrete math to other strands of real-life situations.
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