Students will use jelly beans to complete a graph which shows how many of each color jelly bean their bag contained. A sorting mat and three differentiated graphs are provided (a pictograph, a simple bar graph, and a regular bar graph). A page of questions also follows the graphs. This activity will reinforce students' ability to collect, organize, and arrange data on a graph. It will also give students practice in answering questions about a graph.
I am currently the Reading Specialist for grades K-3 in my school district. Prior to working in this position, I taught kindergarten for 3 years, preschool for 5 years, and fifth grade for 2 years.