Virginia SOL 2.PS.1.b
The Standard
Determine the data needed to answer a posed question and collect the data using various methods (e.g., voting; creating lists, tables, or charts; tallying).
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will apply the data cycle (pose questions; collect or acquire data; organize and represent data; and analyze data and communicate results) with a focus on pictographs and bar graphs.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify what information will answer a question, including who to ask and what responses to record. They collect responses with votes, lists, tables, charts, or tally marks.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name the exact data needed and choose an appropriate group to ask. The student records every response once in an organized list, table, chart, or tally.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may collect interesting information that does not answer the posed question, or ask people who cannot provide useful data. They may count one response twice, skip responses, or group tally marks incorrectly.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: We want to know which of three recess games second graders prefer. Write who you would ask, what you would record, and how you would collect it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students sticky notes to vote for a class read-aloud, then record each vote in a tally table.
Students write which data they need to find the class’s preferred playground game and explain how they would collect it.
Play Survey Match: students match question cards to data cards and collection tools, then explain each match to a partner.
Have students survey lunch choices, tally responses, and tell the cafeteria manager which option received the most votes.
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