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Tally charts: 1st grade math

Organise and interpret data in up to 3 categories. A free 1st grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: organise and interpret data in up to 3 categories.

Teach (10 min)

  • Four lines and a slash make a group of 5.
  • Count the 5s first, then the lines left over: 5, 10, 11, 12.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/measure.tally?lesson=1-measure-tally-1&at=1

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Tally charts (1st grade)

  1. How many snowy days are there?
    Weather this monthsnowy dayssunny days
  2. How many pears are there?
    Fruit at snack timebananaspears
  3. How many fish are there?
    Pets in our classrabbitsfish
  4. How many apples are there?
    Fruit at snack timepearsapples
  5. How many more bananas than pears?
    Fruit at snack timeorangesbananaspears
  6. How many more finches than blue jays?
    Birds at the feederfincheswrensblue jays
  7. Which group has the fewest?
    Birds at the feederrobinssparrowsblue jays
  8. How many more oranges than apples?
    Fruit at snack timebananasapplesoranges
  9. How many fewer cloudy days than sunny days?
    Weather this monthcloudy dayswindy dayssunny days
  10. How many more purple cubes than green cubes?
    Cubes in the bingreen cubesblue cubespurple cubes
  11. How many more pears than apples?
    Fruit at snack timepearsapplesgrapes
  12. How many pieces of fruit are there in all?
    Fruit at snack timeorangesgrapesbananas
Key
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 8
  7. blue jays
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. 72

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