Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE WHAT ARE GRAPHS CHAPTER TWO GRAPHING BEADS CHAPTER THREE GRAPHING MILES CHAPTER FOUR GRAPHING FISH CHAPTER FIVE GRAPHS ARE FUN Glossary For More Information Index About the Author 4 8 12 16 20 22 23 24 24
CHAPTER ONE What Are Graphs Graphs can tell stories about all kinds of things Do you like stories Graphs are one way to tell stories A graph is a kind of number picture It can tell us how many we have of different things such as balls balloons and backpacks A graph can help us compare too It can answer questions about more less greater fewer most and least Let’s explore graphs and how they tell stories 4
This is a bar graph LABEL what was counted TITLE what the bar graph is about OUR CLASS MARKERS LABEL the groups of things counted S R E K R A M F O R E B M U N 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BLUE YELLOW COLOR RED LABEL the type of things counted SCALE how many A bar is a rectangle A bar graph uses bars to stand for the data This graph is about our class markers The label on the bottom is Colors It shows the markers are sorted by color How many blue markers are there 5
