Thursday, September 16, 2010

Happy Birthday Pictogram!



Mrs. Ranney discovered a terrific graphing site from Mrs. Yollis.

Today we looked at the birthdays in the classroom using a birthday pictogram.

(Click the picture to make it larger.)


(We took a screen shot by pressing COMMAND + SHIFT + 4)

Then we made up questions!


If we took away all the boys from the graph,
how many girls would be left?

The answer is: thirteen!

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Please use the data to ask a question in your comment.


Hopefully a reader will answer correctly!

Fun!

25 comments:

  1. Dear Class,
    How many students were born in months of summer (June, July, August and Septmeber)?

    Your classmate,
    Aidan

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  2. Dear Mrs. Ranney,
    I thought the birthday graph was awesome! I can't wait to do my own.
    Your Student,
    Jamie

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  3. @Jamie,
    I'm glad to see you commenting so quickly! Now, how about asking a question about the graph? Then we'll see if a classmate will answer it!!
    Sincerely,
    Mrs. Ranney

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  4. @Aidan,
    Great question! I can't wait to see who answers it!
    Best,
    Mrs. Ranney

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  5. Dear Class,
    How many people were born in the months of November,June,July,August, and September?

    Your Classmate,
    Justin

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  6. @Justin,
    You asked a great question as well!
    Class,
    Let's all answer a question, then ask one of our own!
    Best,
    Mrs. Ranney

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  7. Dear Aidan,
    There are 10 students with summer birthdays. Which month had the most boys?

    Your classmate,
    Mikayla

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  8. @Mikayla,
    You followed directions well! You answered Aidan's question correctly, and you asked one of your own! Keep up the good work!
    Best,
    Mrs. Ranney

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  9. Dear Aidan and Class,

    The answer is 10.

    My question is:
    How many more kids were born in November than in June?

    Your friend,
    Ella

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  10. Dear Justin,
    I read your comment and I came up with the answer
    fourteen as my total.
    Your Friend,
    Grace

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  11. Dear Mrs. Ranney,
    I had great time seeing the classroom at Back to School Night! I am so excited for everything planned, as I am sure your students are too! Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher!
    Sincerely,
    Nicole Mazzolini

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  12. Dear Class,
    If we took away the first four months of the birthday graph how many people would be left?
    Your Student,
    Grace

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  13. Dear Room 9 Third Graders,

    It was so special to see your classroom and meet Mrs. Ranney last night. You are all very lucky to have a teacher who cares so much about all of you. It makes me wish I were back in 3rd grade.

    Have a wonderful year.
    Sincerely,
    Ricki
    Philip's Mom

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  14. Dear Ella and class,
    There are 3 more students in November then June. If you added 15 more students how many would we have now?


    Your Friend,
    Mikayla

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  15. Dear Mrs.Ranney,
    I have a question. Which month has the most girls' birthdays?
    Your student,
    Gal

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  16. Dear Aidan and class,

    Ten students were born in summer.
    How many more birthdays are in November than January?

    Have a good weekend.
    Emily Rose

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  17. Dear Emily,
    The answer to your question is three.

    My question is how many more birthdays are there in December than April?

    Your Classmate,
    Jamie

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  18. Dear Class,

    Emily: The answer to your question is 3.

    Gal: Actually two months have the most girl birthdays August and September.

    Grace: The answer to your question is 21.

    Here is my question for all of you:

    Which month has the most birthdays?

    Your classmate,
    Aidan

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  19. Dear Aidan,

    The answer to your question is, it's tied beetwen September and December.
    My question is if you took away five girls and three boys and then added four girls and seven boys how many students would there be now?

    Your Friend,
    Jamie

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  20. Dear Aidan,
    Oops I wrote the wrong thing. I meant September and November are tied for the most birthdays.
    Sorry!

    Your Friend,
    Jamie

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  21. Hi Mrs. Ranney,
    I am a new visitor to your blog and am new to the world of blogging. Ella suggested I visit your blog.

    I was very impressed with your Birthday pictograph.
    Having the children ask the questions is an effective way to develop their understandings.

    Keep up the great work,
    Ms. Tieppo

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  22. Dear Classmates,

    I have question.

    If there are six people in my family including my dog and there is one boy, how many girls are there in all?


    Sincerely,
    Carly

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  23. @Carly

    The answer to your question is five. There are five girls in your family including your dog. My family is the same way!:)

    @Class

    I have a question:

    If there are two boys in my cousin's family and there are four people in his family how many girls are there?

    Yours Truly,
    Jamie

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  24. Dear class,

    How many students were born in August, November,& February?


    Regards,
    Ariel :)

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  25. @Jamie
    The answer to your question is two, there are two girls in your cousin's family. I think that it is so phenomenal that you family is just like my family is !

    @Class
    If you take away one girl then take away the boys then how many people are there in Jamie's cousin's family?
    Yours Truly,
    Carly

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