Kindergarten Graphs
Today at Trevvett we had a delicious graphing lesson with Lucky Charms in kindergarten. I gave them each a handful of Lucky Charms and a Numbers template to get them started. You can download the template by clicking here. The students sorted their marshmallows into groups and counted them. Then they started entering the numbers into the spreadsheet. As soon as the students press the Enter key after each number, the spreadsheet automatically generates a bar graph with pictures, or a pictograph, of the marshmallows! After the graph is finished the students could ask their neighbor questions like, “Which type of marshmallow had the most? had the fewest? had the same? How many pots of gold did I have? etc.” Then, of course, the students could eat their Lucky Charms!