Virginia SOL 6.PS.1.e
The Standard
Analyze data represented in a circle graph by making observations and drawing conclusions.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will apply the data cycle (formulate questions; collect or acquire data; organize and represent data; and analyze data and communicate results) with a focus on circle graphs.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read category labels, sector sizes, percentages, and the graph title. They compare parts of the whole, identify patterns, and support a reasonable conclusion with graph values.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student accurately identifies the largest and smallest categories and compares shares using labels or percentages. The student states a conclusion that fits the data and explains what the graph cannot show.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may compare colors instead of sector sizes, labels, and percentages. They may treat a percentage as a count, forget that sectors total 100%, or claim the graph proves a cause.
How to Assess It
- Show how 200 sixth graders travel to school: 40% bus, 25% car, 20% walk, and 15% bike. Ask students to write two observations and one conclusion, citing graph values.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a paper circle graph and 24 counters, then have them model each sector and write two supported comparisons.
Display a lunch preference circle graph and ask, “Which claim is best supported, and what labels or sector sizes prove it?”
Play Claim or Guess: teams sort statements about circle graphs into supported conclusions or claims the graph cannot prove.
Use a school budget circle graph to identify which category receives the most funding and explain one limit of that conclusion.
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