Favourite foods

20 students in a Grade 3 class were asked their favourite foods from these choices:

• P = pizza
• B = burritos
• S = sushi

Here are their choices.

What are some different ways we could sort and organize the data? Record your ideas.

What are three conclusions you can make about this data?

Throughout the learning activity, you can record your thoughts digitally, orally, or in print.

Activity day!

When organizing an activity day, what information would someone need?

What questions might they ask learners?

Asking questions and taking surveys are excellent ways to gather information!

The first question one group of learners were asked was, “What is your favourite activity from the following list?”

• chess
• mural making
• soccer
• basketball

Once the question had been asked, the organizers needed to gather the data into a frequency table.

A frequency table is very similar to a tally table.

• First, the options for the question asked are listed.
• Next, the tally marks for how many chose each option are added.
• Last, the tally marks are added together and the totals are written.

A frequency table lists the options in the first column and then has a column to place the tally that is recorded when the question is asked. The third column is for the number of tally marks for each row. Tally marks are organized into groups of five. To make it easier to count the tally marks, the fifth mark in a tally count crosses through the other four marks like this:

Explore the following frequency table for the activity day event.

Record your answers to these questions about the data:

• What three conclusions can you make from this data?
• What two activities should the organizers include in Activity Day? Why?

Activity day helper

Can you think of another question the organizer could ask learners to get more information for the Activity Day?

• What are the four choices for the learners to choose from?
• How would this information help the organizer?

Record your ideas in your notebook or another method of your choice.

How would you fill in a frequency table to collect the data? Use the frequency table here or a method of your choice to prepare a frequency table. In this table you will fill:

• the question
• the choices that are offered

Complete the Frequency Table in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document.

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity?  Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.