I am excited to share one of my triumphs this year! I decided over the summer that graphing was going to be a big focus for my classroom and students this year. I was out visiting classrooms last year and observed a teacher who included a yes/no question during circle time. I thought it was a great idea and took it a step further by turning it into a graphing activity.
The last part of our morning meeting consists of reading a yes/no question, everyone posting their answer, then creating a graph with this information. I can’t believe how much of a success this has been! My students love sharing their information, counting up responses, writing the question, and creating their own graphs!
Here’s a quick peek at what it looks like in our classroom:
We read out the question and each student has their name on a magnetic sentence strip. They then go and answer yes or no with their name card.
Then we choose a random student to count out the responses and write the number on the board.
