Reading a one-to-one pictogram for Year 2, over three pages. The pictogram is called Our Pets, and each paw print stands for one pet. Pupils read the rows for dogs, cats, fish, rabbits and hamsters, answer six questions and then copy the counts into a table with a total. The questions run from reading one row to adding all five. Page 3 is the answer key. It follows England National Curriculum statistics for Year 2.
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“interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables”
Pupils read the Our Pets pictogram and then write its counts in a table.
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“ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity”
Questions 1, 2 and 6 ask pupils to count a row and to pick the most and the fewest.
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“ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data”
Questions 3, 4 and 5 ask for a difference, the rabbits and hamsters together and the total of all pets.
A pictogram with a key of one paw print for one pet, and rows of 6 dogs, 5 cats, 3 fish, 2 rabbits and 4 hamsters. Six questions follow, from how many cats there are to how many more dogs than fish.
A table of the five pets with a Total row. Pupils count the paw prints and write each number.
Answers to the six questions with the working, and the completed table that totals 20 pets.
Class pictogram
Draw a paw-print pictogram of your own class pets on the board first. Pupils then meet the same layout on the page.
Counting carefully
Ask pupils to touch each paw print as they count a row, so they count the prints and not the length of the row.
Table follow-up
Set page 2 once pupils have answered page 1. The total of 20 is a quick check against question 5.
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