Lesson 11 Class Pet Surveys

    • Let’s see what the data tells us.

Warm-up Notice and Wonder: Tally Marks

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Five-frame, full. Below, 1 dot.
Tally marks, 2 groups.  A group with 4 straight lines and 1 diagonal line through them. A group with 1 mark.

Activity 1 Jada’s Class Pet Survey

Jada took a survey of her classmates and asked, “Which animal would make the best class pet?”

She showed their responses.

Tally Chart. Turtle, tallies, 6. Dog, tallies, 2. Rabbit, tallies, 12.

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Be ready to explain why.

  1. There are 12 votes for rabbit.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

  2. There are 18 votes all together.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

  3. 14 students voted for turtle or rabbit.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

  4. 8 students voted for dog or turtle.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

Activity 2 Interpret Data About Class Pets

Tyler asked the same survey question to his classmates. He showed their responses.

Tally Chart. Turtle, tallies, 9. Dog, tallies, 5. Rabbit, tallies, 5.

Write 3 things that you learned about Tyler’s survey data from the representation.

Activity 3 Centers: Choice Time

Choose a center.

What’s Behind My Back

Center. What's Behind My Back.

Check it Off

Center. Check It Off.

Five in a Row: Addition and Subtraction

Center activity. Five in a row.

Find the Pair

Center. Find the pair.

Practice Problems

Problem 1

Jada showed how she sorted some shapes.

Tally Chart. Square, tallies, 5. Triangle, tallies, 4. Circle, tallies, 6. 

Jada made statements about how she sorted. Decide whether each statement is true or false.

  1. There are 6 triangles.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

  2. There are 15 shapes altogether.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

  3. The number of shapes that are squares or triangles is the same as the number of circles.

    1. hand with thumbs up and true written underneath.
    2. hand with thumbs down and false written underneath.

Problem 2

A class was asked about their favorite birds at the zoo. Their responses are shown here.

Data Chart. Birds at the Zoo. Ostrich, 4. Penguin, 13. Eagle, 5.

Write 3 things that you learned about the class’ favorite birds at the zoo.