Simple Charts

Learning Objectives Identify that a chart shows information. Count items for a simple chart. Sort objects into categories. Read a simple pictograph. Read a simple bar chart. Answer 'how many' from a chart. What is your favorite color? 🎨 Let's see how we can show everyone's favorite! We will learn about charts. Charts are special pictures. They help us see information quickly. Real-World Applications Showing favorite toys in class 🧸 Counting sunny and rainy days ☀️🌧️ Seeing what snack most friends like 🥨 Voting for a class pet 🐹

TermDefinitionExample DataData is a collection of little facts. Like counting red, blue, and yellow blocks.3 red blocks, 5 blue blocks, 2 yellow blocks. ❤️❤️❤️ 💙💙💙💙💙 💛💛 ChartA chart is a picture of our data. It helps us understand our facts easily.A drawing that shows blue is the favorite color. CategoryA category is a group of similar things. All the red toys are one category.Fruits are a category. 🍎🍌🍇 are all in the fruit category. CountTo count means to find out how many. We count to get our data.Counting the dogs in a picture. 🐶🐶🐶 There are 3 dogs. PictographA pictograph uses pictures to show data. One picture means one thing.🍎🍎🍎 shows we have 3 apples. Bar ChartA bar chart uses blocks or bars. Taller bars mean more things.A tall blue bar and a short red bar. This mean...

One Picture, One Thing In a pictograph, each picture stands for one item. When you make a pictograph, use one emoji or drawing for each thing you count. Taller Bar, More Items In a bar chart, the taller bar has more. Look at the bars. The longest one is the biggest group. Give It a Name Charts need a title and labels. Always write what your chart is about. Label each group so we know what it is.