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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd. Reprinted 2007, 2008.

13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story Julie Ellis

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Printed in New Zealand

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All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited

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Word Count = 359

A graph is a picture or chart showing the differences between

things that we can measure. It helps us to understand information

when we can see the facts in a picture. We use different kinds of

graphs to show different kinds of information.

Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.

Develop research skills based on this topic.

Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.

Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.

Use initial letter plus picture clues to read unknown words.

Notice letters and sound of digraph ph : graph

Identify suffix er used for comparison: smaller taller

Use captions to expand on text.

Promote math or art as creative follow-up activities.

Find learning resources to extend and reinforce the literacy

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Graphs make it easy 2-3

Bar graphs 4-5

Pictographs 6-7

Block graphs 8-9

Line graphs 10-11

Pie graphs 12-13

Dial graphs 14-15

Which graph? 16

Graphs are pictures or charts .

They make it easy to see how

things are different .

Graphs help us to compare things .

grapes bananas

You could use a bar graph to show

how many of each kind of thing

there is . Taller bars mean more things .

bar graph

Our Favorite Fruit in Room 6

apples oranges

Our Favorite Fruit in Room 6

This bar graph shows us that most

children in Room like apples best .

More children like bananas than

grapes or oranges . Only four children

in Room like oranges best .

You could use a pictograph to show

which insects people like best . You

would use small pictures to stand

for the number of people who

choose each insect .

pictograph

Our Favorite Insects in Room

This pictograph shows us that most

children in Room like ladybugs best .

More children like caterpillars than

spiders , bees , or moths . Only one child

in Room likes moths best .

You would use a block graph when

you need to show how things are

different from each other .

Height (inches)

block graph

This block graph shows us

the different heights of

children in Room .

boys

6 years old 7 years old

girls boys girls

Our Height in Room

How Sam Grew

You would use a line graph to show

how something changes . Dots are put

on the graph to show a measurement .

Then the dots are connected .

line graph

Age

Height (inches)

7 8 9

This line graph shows us that in

four years , Sam grew about eight

inches . He grew more when he

was eight than when he was nine .

Sam

Our Eye Color in Room

Blue

Green

Brown

Gray

A pie graph looks like a pie that has

been cut into slices . In this graph , the

whole circle stands for the whole class .

The bigger the slice , the more children

there are with that color eyes .

This pie graph shows us that more

children in our room have brown eyes

than any other color . There are more

blue eyes than green eyes . Not many

children have gray eyes .

pie graph

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Fire Danger Today

You would use a dial graph with

a pointer to show facts that can

change . You move the pointer to

show the changes .

dial graph

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