Concept Confessions

Week One

I want to start a post each weekend . . . where I confess the concepts I have been working on with everyone. Feel free to confess your concepts! We can all gain from everyone's' productive weekends – or we can gain from other people being productive! 

Okay, this weekend was all about GRAPHING. Many of my students need to work on interpreting graphs and have IEP goals linked to such skills. SO, I was on the prowl for graphing activities. I found some I really like, take a look:


             A graphing lesson by Ashlyn Ellsworth     
St. Patrick's Day graphing by Ashley Hughes


            Create-A-Graph, by Amanda Richardson


I will use these activities with my kids, as a fun introduction or quick review. I wanted to go into some depth about parts of graphs/charts (labels, titles, types, etc,). I made a SmartBoard lesson with some links to help with that. 

I also created a quick, generic form to practice some basic questions that go with interpreting graphs/charts. I attached that to the SmartBoard lesson, along with some pictures of graphs/charts. Use these resources to model, teach or allow independent practice. 

My concept confession is "Gotta Graph It!"