BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: SPREADSHEETS

Name: Jordan Harrington

Grade Level: First Grade
Content Area: Math
Basic Productivity Tool Used: Graph Club
Standards Addressed: CCGPS.1.MD.4
Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about
the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one
category than in another.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: The teacher will introduce the activity by modeling
how to collect data, add information into Graph Club and then analyze the information using a variety
of graph formats-line, bar, picture and circle. As the students enter the classroom, they will be asked
to move a graphic of their favorite color onto a data collect graph designed using ActiveInspire
software. Once the class has added their choice to the graph, the teacher will lead discussion to
determine the number of choices made for each color.
The teacher will then lead the students through the steps of creating a graph using Graph Club. A title,
images representing the various colors and specific colors assigned to each color will be added to the
graph. Once the data has been entered, the teacher will support the students as they explore the
various graph formats that are available within Graph Club.
While exploring the various graphs, the teacher will prompt students to analyze the information
provided in the graph using appropriate math terms such as greater than, less than, most, least and
equal. Statements will be added to the writing component of Graph Club where various statements
will be listed. (Extension activity-The teacher can challenge the students analysis of the graph using
the following question formats: How many more students liked red than blue? How many people
participated in the poll? How many students picked orange and red?)
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): This activity remains as a level 2 until students are
allowed to graph information on their own. To move to a level 3 and possibly to a level 4, students
will be encouraged to collect information, graph the data and then analyze the results. Students could
also add questions in the writing window to give other students the opportunity to analyze graphs.
The graph information could be printed and hung outside the classroom to challenge other students
in the school to review the graph and determine the answer to the questions.
Description of the sample spreadsheet and graph/chart provided *: This graph displays the data
collected as students selected their favorite color. The final graphs
can be used to analyze the data provided. Students discuss math
concepts such as more, less, equal, the most, the least, the total, etc.

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Other comments about your proposed spreadsheet/graph/chart activity: The Graph Club
activity can easily be extended to support higher levels of thinking and higher LoTi levels. This
activity was at an introductory level. The teacher will be encouraged to help students collect, graph,
analyze and evaluate other data items.