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=Using a SMART Board to introduce kindergarten students to graphing=


 * Abstract**: In a math unit in kindergarten, students will be introduced to graphing and practice their new skill using the SMART Board.

Students will become familiar with manipulating graphics on a SMART Board.
 * Learning Targets**: Students will understand how to convert data into graph form and how to read data from a graph.

In a kindergarten math class, the teacher would introduce the concept of graphing to the students. As a class, they would collect data on something, such as how many students ride the bus versus walk to school or how many students prefer a certain color over another. Using this data, the students would have an opportunity to move graphics onto a graph, similar to the one shown here, to count off how many students fall into each category. The teacher can format the SMART Board page with the students, showing them why there are numbers going up one side and what the labels at the bottom mean. After locking these pieces of the graph so that they students cannot manipulate them, the teacher can insert the number of objects necessary to fill the graph and let the students move them to their proper columns. By letting each student have a turn coming to the front of the class to contribute to the graph, each student can get invested in the project. This connects to the experience aspect of our model of learning because the students are gaining concrete, hands-on experience with creating a graph. If the teacher asks them to verbalize aloud what they are doing when they shift graphics over and why, then they would also be getting a chance to communicate what they are learning to the rest of their classmates.

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