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    Interpreting Graphs

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    At a Glance:

    Grades:3, 4, 5, 6
    Subject:ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
    Topic:Interpreting Graphs
    Lesson Length:30 - 45 mins

    Standards / Framework:

    What will students learn in this activity?

    Students will learn the basic parts of a graph in English and use simple sentences to explain its features. Students will use the information from the graph to draw conclusions.

    What should students know before this activity?

    Students should have prior knowledge of graphs.

    How can teachers introduce this lesson?

    • Read and discuss the sample comic. Ask students to share observations about the graph.
      • What does the graph show?
      • What conclusions can be made? 
    • Model saying: "I notice that each bar has a different sport. I notice that ____ has more than _____. The _____ category is less than _____. This information helps me compare the information about _______."
    • After discussing the graph shown in the comic, you may choose to display and discuss other types of graphs, e.g., pie graph, bar graph, and/or line graph.

    What will students do?

    • Have students create a two-panel comic showing two of the conclusions they made from the information in the sample comic.
    • The conclusions should be written in the captions, e.g., "The kids love soccer WAY more than basketball."

    How can teachers wrap up the lesson?

    • Have students discuss with a partner why we interpret graphs and what they have learned about graphs.
      • We interpret graphs to look for _______(information).
      • I learned that graphs ______(help us to compare information).

    How can teachers differentiate this activity?

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature. 
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Provide sentence stems as needed.

    • Allow students to work with a peer model.

    • Create a class graph on a new topic.
      • Share the graph on your google classroom page.
      • Show students how to save the image and upload it to Pixton as their background.
      • Have students practice interpreting the chart by explaining it in their own comic.

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    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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