This unit is a simple way to teach and review basic math skills in a sequential way. It correlates seamlessly with an "All About Me & My Class" unit which many primary teachers focus on at the beginning of the school year. Not only does this unit give students a way to learn about each other's similarities and differences, it provides students with relevant opportunities to engage in mathematical skills. Tying in specific book selections to each lesson helps students make deeper connections to their learning.

Students will:

• Learn the characteristics of a graph
• Record data
• Help to organize information on a graph
• Discuss, compare and contrast information presented in graphs
• Answer and formulate questions about graphs
• Count, add and subtract
• Understand the concept of and use language to describe "how many more than", "least, between and greatest", "same or equal to", greater, more, most, less, fewer, and smallest
• Engage in comprehension enhancing strategies, such as Think-Pair-Share
• Learn new vocabulary from repeated activities with student generated word lists

PRINTABLES & PHOTOS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: How Many Letters Are In Your Name?
How Many Letters Are In Your Name (JPEG)

Lesson 2: Happy Birthday To Us!
Two Cakes To Color (PDF)
Birthday Word Wall (JPEG)

Lesson 3: Apple, Peaches, Pears and Plums. Tell Me When Your Birthday Comes!
Birthday Cake Graph (PDF)
Birthday Graph (JPEG)
Birthday Book (JPEG)

Lesson 4: Left or Right?
Are You Left or Right Handed? (JPEG)

Lesson 5: More Graphing Ideas
Have You Ever Been On A Rollercoaster? (JPEG)
Have You Ever Lost a Tooth? (JPEG)
What Class Were You In For Kindergarten? (JPEG)
What Is Your Favorite Color? (JPEG)

Lesson 1: How Many Letters Are In Your Name?

Lesson 2: Happy Birthday to Us!

Lesson 3: Apple, Peaches, Pears and Plums, Tell Me When Your Birthday Comes!

Lesson 4: Am I Left Handed or Right Handed?

Lesson 5: More Books for Learning All About Me & My Class With Graphs

Culminating Activity

All the graphs and class books made throughout this unit can be made available for Back-To-School Night or Parent Conferences. This gives students an opportunity to show and explain to parents what they have been working on. The graphs and class books can also be sent home on a rotating basis for students to share with their families. The vocabulary cards created by the students throughout the unit can be added to the math and social studies word wall for continued reference.

Supporting Books

Lesson 1: How Many Letters Are In Your Name?
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Lesson 2: Happy Birthday To Us!
Lesson 3: Apple, Peaches, Pears and Plums. Tell Me When Your Birthday Comes!
Happy Birthday by Gail Gibbons

Lesson 4: Left or Right?
Left or Right by Rehm & Koike

Lesson 5: More Graphing Ideas
Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall
My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard
Froggy Goes to the Doctor by Jonathan London
Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
Harriet and the Roller Coaster by Nancy L. Carson
Glasses, Who Needs 'Em by Lane Smith
Whistle For Willie by Ezra Jack Keats