From tally chart to pictogram for Year 2, over three pages. Class 2 asked 24 children how they get to school. Pupils read a tally chart for walk, car, bus and bike and write each total. They then draw circles on a pictogram with a key of 1 circle for 2 children and answer three questions. Page 3 is the answer key. It follows England National Curriculum statistics for Year 2.
Statistics
“interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables”
Pupils read a tally chart on page 1 and construct a pictogram from it on page 2.
Statistics
“ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data”
Question 2 compares walking with car, question 3 totals the children who do not walk and question 4 finds two equal groups.
A tally chart with two gates for walking, a gate and one for car, and four marks each for bus and bike. Pupils write the totals.
An empty pictogram grid for the four ways to school, with a key of one circle for 2 children. Pupils draw the circles from their totals.
Three questions: how many more walk than come by car, how many do not walk, and which two ways have the same number.
Totals of 10, 6, 4 and 4 making 24, the circles for each row (5, 3, 2 and 2) and the three answers with their working.
Practise the gate
Let pupils tally on mini whiteboards first. A crossed group of five is quick to count in fives.
Key check
Ask pupils to say aloud what one circle stands for before they draw. Walk has 10 children, so it needs five circles.
Class survey
Run the same survey on your own class and tally the results. Pupils can then compare their chart with the sheet's 24 children.
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