Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)
Read, write, and use the vocabulary of data collection and display — data, tally, tally chart, frequency, frequency table, survey, pictogram, bar chart, axis/axes, scale, label, category, discrete data, continuous data, line graph, pie chart — and apply these terms when collecting, organising, and presenting data
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Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Tally sheet or simple bar sketch; A short set of category counts. Adult tallies one category and sketches a bar. Child tallies three categories and answers one comparison question. Done: three tallies plus one correct comparison. Stop after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Growing Bean Plants
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Bean-plant measures support pictograms, tallies, and simple data displays. Not every probability experiment.
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Before you openAsk the learner to record lengths and show them on a simple line plot or tally.
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Check understanding
- Correctly label the axes of a bar chart including a title, axis labels, and scale
- Distinguish between discrete data (counted) and continuous data (measured) with an example of each
- Use 'tally', 'frequency', and 'pictogram' correctly when describing how to record and display data
“If your child wanted to show you how many books different children in their class read last month, could they draw a bar chart, label the axes, and explain what each bar represents?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Data & Statistics
- Age range
- Ages 6–9
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