This week's homework is based on handling data. The children have been collecting, analysing and presenting data in different ways and should consolidate this work through their homework task. The first challenge should be fairly simple. The children need to count each type of animal from the box and record the total in the form of tally marks. These should be grouped into fives to make them easier to count. When this data has been collected, the children need to create sentences by interpreting the data. For example, there are 5 more sharks than prawns. This is a good opportunity to advance the children's skills in finding the difference between numbers. After that, the children need to present the information in the form of a graph. The graph's axis are already labelled with titles. The students need to complete the vertical scale with numbers and the horizontal axis with the types of animals. Finally, they are required to create a bar graph (block graph) using the axis to guide them. A ruler should be used to ensure that the quality of the work is high.
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