During the next few weeks, your child will design surveys to collect data; sort and organize data using Venn diagrams and tally charts; represent data by creating pictographs and bar graphs with scales of 2, 5, and 10; and describe and interpret bar graphs, pictographs, and circle graphs. Your child will explore what makes a survey question a good one, how best to organize and display a given data set, and what sorts of things a graph can tell us.

Throughout this time, you and your child can practice some activities such as the following:

• Your child can count some items that come in large quantities (e.g., straws) and create a pictograph with a scale of 10 to represent the items.
• Your child can design a question, conduct a survey, tally the results, and display the data in a bar graph. For example, they could ask, “How many of my books do I want to read, or read again: soon, someday, or never?” and then interpret the results.
• Your child could look in the media for examples of bar graphs with scales and tell you 3 or 4 things the graph shows. The scale might be larger than 10; they could discuss why the scale used is appropriate.
• When sharing a circular item, such as a pie, encourage your child to compare the sizes of slices (cut from the centre); this is similar to a circle graph.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Prodigy is aligned with the Ontario curriculum and your child does have an account. Every Sunday I coordinate the challenges of the game to align with the strand of Math and expectations I am teaching that week. Prodigy is a part of our Homework Program.