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Let's Get Graphing Activity

Scaled bar and line graphs anchor this data activity. Students graph library book data and a week of prize giveaways, then answer one- and two-step how-many-more and how-many-fewer questions.
Grades
Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–3, Elementary
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Updated Oct 02, 2026

Subject
Math, Numbers, Geometry
Topic
Statistics
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This Let's Get Graphing Activity is a great way for students to practice solving one- and two-step problems using information from scaled bar graphs. This activity is perfect for small groups or math centers.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Draw a scaled bar graph and a line graph from a data set
  • Solve one- and two-step comparison problems using graphed data
  • Match graphing terms to their definitions

Teaching tips

  • Running the vocabulary cards before the worksheets gives students the graph terms the later questions rely on.

Skills covered

  • Graph construction — plotting library book removals as a bar graph and daily giveaways as a line graph
  • Reading scaled data — comparing values from the plotted graph to answer how-many-more and how-many-fewer questions

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Core concepts

  • Scaled bar graph
  • Line graph
  • Data comparison
  • Graph vocabulary

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