Free School Lesson PlansBrowse lesson plans

Math · Grades K-2 · 40 minutes

Reading and building a simple bar graph

Students survey the class on a favorite fruit, tally the answers, build a bar graph, and answer questions about which bar is tallest.

Students will be able to

  • Organize a class survey into a tally chart and a bar graph.
  • Answer how-many-more and how-many-fewer questions from the graph.

Standards

  • Aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.10 — Draw a picture or bar graph to represent a data set and solve simple compare problems from it.

Source

Original lesson. Original lesson and survey template written for this site.

Use & rights

Free to use in your classroom or at home. You may print these lesson plans, adapt them for your students, and share them with other teachers at no cost. Every plan is our own original work or verified public-domain material — we never post anyone else’s copyrighted lessons.

These are teaching materials for school use. They are not medical or legal advice. Always follow your own school and district policy.