Math Learning Center

Name: Hannah Bakies

Title of Learning Center: Spin and Graph!
Grade: Second Grade
Domain: Measurement and Data
Standard: Represent and interpret data.
Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a
data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart,
and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
Standards Mathematical Practice:

Make sense of problems and preserve in solving them.

Students will understand how to use a bar graph and represent data.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Students will be given unfix cubes to graph the four categories of
colors.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Students will be able to solve problems comparing the different bars on
the graphs.
Look for and make use of structure.
Students will make sense of the structure of the graph as they
understand the goals of this center.

Differentiations: As a teacher, I plan to differentiate this lesson to meet the

needs of all students. Less ready students may be paired with more ready
students while completing this activity for additional assistance. Ready
students will use a blank graph in which they will label the axes and title. My
CALP level and ELL students, I will provide them with color coded spinner and
categories on the graph. The center will meet the interest level of all
students as they are provided with various learning styles such as visual and
hands-on.
Materials: Spinner, graph, paper clip, unfix cubes, crayons
Rationale: Starting in Pre-K students will be able to sort objects and count
up to 9. Students should also begin to recognize which groups have the
most and least amount of objects. In Kindergarten, students will build upon
the preschool activity by working with a wider range of numbers specific to
the standards that are provided for their grade-level. In Kindergarten,

students should be able to work comfortably counting numbers from 1-20. In

this center, the students will be able to sort objects into categories, and be
able to count up to 20 objects in each their categories. When students reach
first grade, they will sort objects into three different categories, organize, and
represent their groups in a clear and concise manner for quick analysis. In
second grade, students will build upon organizing data by beginning to
create a bar graph. The students will be able represent data into four
categories as well as answering questions about the graphs that are built. By
the third grade students are expected to represent data that has been
collected, for example in a bar graph, and interpret the data. The graphs
created by students need to be to scale.
Description of Center: The students will begin the center by using their
pencil and paper clip to spin the spinner. They will then take the unfix cube
corresponding to the color they landed on. The student will place the unfix
cube onto the bar graph above the appropriate category/color. The students
will complete this task ten times. Following, the students will remove the
unfix cubes and color in the bars for each category with the appropriate
crayon. They will interpret the data by comparing and contrasting the
information presented on the graph.
Assessment: The teacher can perform an informal assessment in which she
observes the students ability to spin and graph accurately. The teacher can
also perform a formal assessment by collecting the students graph
worksheets. In doing so, they will be able to check for understanding and
accuracy of the colored bars on the graph.

Colors

BLUE

RED

Blue

GREEN

YELLO GREEN
W

Red

YELLOW