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Grade 4 Math · Level 5, Patterns, Data Literacy, Counting & Probability

Data Questions & Collection

How the lesson starts: Data Questions & Collection

1. The Pond Post

   Meet Tully the turtle, star reporter for the Pond Post newspaper! Tully wants to write about the pond kids. But first, Tully needs good questions and good data. Let's help!

2. What can a table answer?

   Tully has a table with two columns, Name and Minutes read. Ava read 20 minutes. Leo read 35. Mia read 15. Can it answer who read the most? Yes, Leo! Can it answer which book they liked best? No. That's not a column!

3. Collect the right column

   Next story: which class collected the most cans? What should Tully collect? The question is about cans, so collect the number of cans for each class. Each class's colour wouldn't help at all!