🎯 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Understand what data is
- Collect simple data
- Count and record data
- Represent data using pictures (pictographs)
- Answer simple questions based on data
🟢 WEEK 1
Day 1: Introduction to Data
Objective: Understand the meaning of data
Definition:
👉 Data means information that we collect about things.
Activity:
- Ask: “How many boys are in the class?”
- Count together
- Explain that the number we get is called data
Practice:
- Count number of students present
- Count number of bags in class
Day 2: Collecting Data
Objective: Learn how to collect data
Definition:
👉 Collecting data means finding information by asking or counting.
Activity:
- Ask students their favourite fruit (apple/banana/mango)
- Make tallies on the board
Practice:
- Count girls and boys
- Count red and blue water bottles
Day 3: Sorting Data
Objective: Learn to group objects
Definition:
👉 Sorting means putting similar things together.
Activity:
- Sort classroom objects (pencils, erasers, books)
- Sort shapes by colour
Worksheet Work:
- Circle objects of the same kind
Day 4: Counting Data
Objective: Count and compare data
Definition:
👉 Counting means finding how many.
Activity:
- Count collected data from previous day
- Compare using words: more, less, equal
Practice:
- Which has more—pencils or erasers?
Day 5: Revision + Fun Activity
Objective: Reinforce learning
Activities:
- Oral questions
- Game: “Count and Tell”
- Colour worksheet based on data
🔵 WEEK 2
Day 6: Introduction to Pictograph
Objective: Understand pictographs
Definition:
👉 A Pictograph uses pictures to show data.
Activity:
- Show pictures of fruits
- One picture = one fruit
Example: 🍎 🍎 🍎 = 3 apples
Day 7: Making a Pictograph
Objective: Draw a simple pictograph
Activity:
- Favourite animal pictograph
- Draw pictures on chart paper
Practice:
- Students draw pictures in notebooks
Day 8: Reading a Pictograph
Objective: Read data from pictographs
Definition:
👉 Reading data means understanding the information shown.
Activity:
- Ask questions:
- Which fruit is liked the most?
- Which is liked the least?
Day 9: Answering Questions from Data
Objective: Answer simple questions
Practice Questions:
- How many apples are there?
- Which group has more?
Activity:
- Oral and written practice
Day 10: Assessment + Recap
Objective: Evaluate understanding
Activities:
- Simple worksheet
- Oral questions
- Draw a pictograph
Assessment:
- Identify data
- Count correctly
- Read pictographs
📝 Teaching Aids
- Flashcards
- Real objects
- Chart paper
- Crayons
- Worksheets
⭐ Key Vocabulary
- Data
- Collect
- Sort
- Count
- Pictograph
- More / Less