Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Sample page · Pre-K 3 · Pre-K 4 · Kindergarten

Graphing & Data

Collecting, showing, and reading simple data.

What does data look like before children can write?

Shoes. Line up everyone’s shoes by color and you’ve made a graph. At this age the graph is the real objects, or pictures stuck in a row, and nothing gets written down. What changes is how much your child does alone: joining in at three, setting it up at four, reading something out of it by Kindergarten.

What each age is working on

The codes beside each line are the state’s own labels: Texas writes Prekindergarten Guidelines for Pre-K, and TEKS from Kindergarten up.

Pre-K 3

Joins in when the class collects something and turns it into a picture.PK3 V.E.2

Pre-K 4

Collects something and sets it out as a graph.PK4 V.E.2

Kindergarten

Sorts into two or three groups, builds graphs from real objects and pictures, and says what they show.K.8A–K.8C

Pre-K 3

3 activity pages
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Stack Them Up Draw the shapes in their correct columns. PK3.V.E.2

See all 3 pages in the Pre-K 3 book (opens Teachers Pay Teachers in a new tab)

Pre-K 4

4 activity pages
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Sort and Graph Draw one box for each thing. Start at the bottom of its column.The first one has been done for you. PK4.V.E.2

See all 4 pages in the Pre-K 4 book (opens Teachers Pay Teachers in a new tab)

Kindergarten

5 activity pages
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Make a Picture Graph Draw each shape in its own column, one to a box.The first one has been done for you. K.8B

See all 5 pages in the Kindergarten book (opens Teachers Pay Teachers in a new tab)