WHAT IS IT TELLING ME?

CREATING
AND INTERPRETING BAR GRAPHS 4.12.2018

Subject Overview
Math Measurement and Data -Students will learn the use data to create a bar graph and answer
questions based on that graph.
Prepared By
Michelle Bollar Materials Required
- Interpret the Bar graph worksheet
Grade Level
- Crayons or colored pencils
3rd
- Projector
- Notebook paper
Teacher Guide Student Guide
Additional Resources
Objectives -Students will create and practice interpreting
- https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph
Bar graphs.

Lesson -Ask students: "Who has heard of people who do

(5 -10 minutes) research?" Ask them to share some examples of
the kinds of research that they have heard of. Additional Notes
-Ask them: "If you could be a researcher, what Common Core Standard:

would you like to research?" -Represent and interpret data.

-Explain that some people study animals, some CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3

study climate change, some study traffic Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar
patterns, some study health problems, and all graph to represent a data set with several
categories. Solve one- and two-step "how
kinds of different topics.
many more" and "how many less" problems
-Tell them the first and most important thing you using information presented in scaled bar
need to have be a researcher is a good question. graphs.
-Tell them that they will be conducting some
research today and graphing their data on a Bar
 Teacher Guide Student Guide
graph. They will then interpret their bar graph to
see what the data is “telling them.”

Explicit Instruction/ -Distribute the Create a Bar graph with Data

Teacher Modeling Provided worksheet.
(10 minutes)
-Put one copy on a projector for you to complete
as a model as you walk your students through
the process.
-Read through the instructions together.
Demonstrate how to insert the first few data
points onto the line plot. Then, have students
complete the bar graph by inserting the
remaining data.
-Have students answer, then discuss the question
at the bottom.

Activity -Work with struggling students at the help table -Distribute the Interpret the Bar graph
Independent Working to craft a question together. worksheet.
Time -Instruct students to examine the bar
(15 minutes) graph and answer the questions at the
bottom.
-After about 10 minutes, review the
answers as a class.

Assessment -Select one Bar graph to project for the class.

(5 minutes)
-Have students complete an “exit ticket” (half
sheet of paper with their answers) by responding
to the prompt: Write two conclusions that you
can draw from this bar graph.