Friday, January 24, 2014

Today we will begin studying Median, Mode and Range.  You will notice that the video below also covers finding Mean.  Finding Mean is NOT developmentally appropriate for 5th grade at this time and we will not be studying that concept.  In order to avoid confusion and frustration at this time, please skip to the 1 minute 41 second mark and watch from there.  We will however be studying finding the range of a set of data which is not covered in this video.



Example: Finding mean, median and mode: Mean Median and Mode

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Line Graphs - Finding Change Over Time

Today we will begin looking at and working with different types of graphs.  The first type we will look at is a line graph.  The main idea I want you to remember for now is that line graphs show changes in data over time.  Of course there is more to line graphs than that, but that is what I want you to focus on as we begin.


Reading line graphs: Reading Line Graphs