Two line graphs open this Year 5 maths starter. The first keeps its values on the gridlines, with questions like the temperature at 09:00 and the rise between 08:00 and 09:00. The second asks pupils to read between the lines, estimating water levels in a barrel and ticking the general trend. Seven answers are included in the key. It covers the England National Curriculum line graph objective.
Statistics
“Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph”
Both graphs pose difference and comparison questions at two levels of difficulty.
Temperature readings and difference questions where every value sits on a line.
Estimating values off the gridlines and identifying the trend from a tick list.
All seven answers provided.
Lesson starter
Ten minutes on both graphs warms the class up for harder graph problems.
Assessment check
Graph 2 separates pupils who can estimate between gridlines from those who cannot.
Intervention
Start a struggling group on Graph 1 only, where every value is exact.
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