Graphing about Mittens, Gloves and Bare Hands.

We are talking about mittens and gloves. We wanted to know who went to school wearing mittens, gloves or bare hands. So we had a graph ready for kids to put their names on the correct column.

After graphing by placing their names (green for boys and orange for girls) on the graph, we talked about the data collected. We counted the number of boys and girls on each column, added them to see the total number of children who voted and asked questions to develop critical thinking. Examples of promoting critical or higher level thinking:

 

- How many more boys and girls wore mittens to school than those who wore gloves?

(Data collected: 20 boys and girls wore mittens and 1 boy wore gloves

 

One boy answered 19 more boys and girls wore mittens than those who wore gloves!)

 

- How many more boys wore gloves than girls who wore gloves?

(Data collected: 10 boys wore gloves and 9 girls wore gloves

 

One boy answered that one more boy wore gloves than girls who wore gloves.)

 

Then, we display the data for children to look at and think about.