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Puxi G1: Practice Graphs, Cultivate Cooperation Spirit

May 4, 2023

The math lesson on April 27th began with an inquiry question. The teacher announced the theme of "Our Favorite Sports", and the blackboard was full of sports names. “Which sport is the most popular?” The children began to count. Some item names were repeated 6 times, and some were repeated 8 times. After finding out the most popular items, the teacher asked the second question: Do you have any good ways to make this information more organized and clearer? The Grade 1 students who have already learned about graphs offered their suggestions — "You can make a bar graph." "You can use a tally mark to record." "A picture graph is also a very good idea."… Yes, using charts can make the information we collect more organized and visualized!

Next, it's our children's turn to show their abilities. When the teacher took out a bag of M&Ms, the children's enthusiasm for activities was instantly ignited. They needed to sort the M&Ms according to the color, use a tally mark to record the quantity of M&Ms of each color, draw a bar graph, and finally answer relevant questions to draw a conclusion. The division of labor was very important. A group of people staring at one task will waste a lot of time, so the first task of the team members is to divide the labor. You divide the colors, I count the beans, I draw the bar graph, and you answer the questions. After the assignment was completed, all the tasks were carried out smoothly. Some children divided the M&M beans into 6 piles and piled them in the circles marked with colors. Some drew a tally mark on the table after counting one, and then calculated the total. After counting one color, the data was quickly passed on to the next child, and the child drew a bar graph with colored pens of the corresponding color. After getting all the data, the children who were responsible for answering the questions got busy. The other children were not idle either, some began to cut charts and prepared to paste them on posters, and some checked the answers of the children who were responsible for answering the questions. All links were proceeding in an orderly manner. After a while, a poster on the number of M&Ms was completed.

In such an entertaining and educational lecture, the children learned about charts and gained a lot of happiness. What's even more commendable is that everyone has realized that they should complete their own tasks first and then help with each other, fully cultivating their sense of division of labor and cooperation.

Written by Thea Chen

Pictures by G1 Teachers

Edited by Serene Yang, Elaine Zhu (Intern), Niall Keenan