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1st grade math · Unit 3: Tally marks and pictographs

Ask a question, count the answers

What this lesson shows

A question for the class, like which fruit each kid likes best. Tally each answer in fives, count each choice, and say which got the most.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: apples 6, bananas 4, grapes 7. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Ask a question
  2. A tally mark for each answer
  3. Count each row
  4. The biggest count got the most

Helping at home

Read the question aloud, then make one tally mark for each answer, the fifth across the four. Count each row, then find the biggest number: that answer got the most.

If your kid gets stuck

Count each row, then find the biggest number.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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