Grade 4 - Data Analysis Unit
Standards covered:
- 4.9 Data analysis
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4.9A
Represent data on a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot marked with whole numbers and fractions.
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4.9B
Solve one- and two-step problems using data in whole number, decimal, and fraction form in a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot.
The Data Analysis Unit involves using a variety of ways to organize data in order to answer questions such as:
- Why does your display best represent the information you collected?
- What kind of data can be displayed in a stem-and-leaf plot?
- Why is a key useful for interpreting data in a stem-and-leaf plot, dot plot or frequency table?
- What kind of data can be displayed better in a dot plot than in a stem-and-leaf plot? Why?
Summative Assessment Task
Students create a line plot to record data on how many minutes the students in Mrs. Blake's class read on Tuesday night. Students also determine the total number of hours the entire class read.
Instructional Tasks/Formative Assessments
Students create a graphical display to correspond with class data that records the height of bean plants the class is growing for Mother's Day. Students will also make conclusions about the data in their display.
Given a list of data, students create a graph to represent the amount of formula newborn puppies drink at their noon feeding. Students will also draw mathematical conclusions about the data.
Students create a graph to record the amount of food hunting hawks need to eat before bedtime. Students will also draw two mathematical conclusions from the data.
Students create a stem-and-leaf plot to represent class data on the distances traveled by snails. Students then determine how far most snails traveled before they stopped to rest.
The N/A classification refers to TEKS Standards that cannot be assessed through problem solving.
For this reason, tasks have not been included for these particular standards.
K.7A K.7B K.9B K.9C K.9D