Probability and Statistics Activities for Grades K - 2
These activities will help your child develop probability and statistics skills, an important "strand" or math theme tested in the WASL math activities.
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Probability and Statistics Activities - Use the following links to see the activity. |
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| Information Organization | Gather, Record, and Display Data |
| Buttons | Doubles |
(Activities taken from Mathematics a Guide for Parents to Everyday Mathematics and Helping Your Child at Home Grades K-6, published by Central Kitsap School District Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 2000.)
Information Organization
- Your child can note how information is organized by looking at the school lunch menu, alphabetical listing of names, and the television schedule. Talk with your child about how this data is organized and encourage him/her to give reasons why the information is organized in this manner.
Gather, Record, and Display Data
- Have your child survey family members and display the data. Surveys could include favorite foods, shows, hobbies, entertainment, birthdays, and music. The results can be displayed in a chart or bar graph.
Buttons
- Your child can compare the number of buttons that he/she and two other friends have on their clothes. Draw a pictograph to show the number of buttons each has.
Doubles
- Using a pair of dice, roll the dice and tally the number of rolls it takes before you roll doubles. When a player rolls doubles, his/her turn is over. The next person rolls and tallies the number of rolls it took before rolling a double. Who set the record for the most rolls?