Aligned Standard

M.EE.5.MD.2: Represent and interpret data on a picture graph, line plot, or bar graph.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned with the following California State Standards:

  • 5.MD.2 - Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. For example, given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

Form a pair by putting together two different objects (e.g., a toy truck and a toy car). Recognize attribute values of an object (e.g., a square has four sides).

Distal Precursor

Group together objects by attribute values such as shape or size (e.g., group together a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus, as they all have four sides). Order objects by following a specific rule (e.g., arrange three objects with different sizes from the smallest to largest).

Proximal Precursor

Use bar, picture, or line graphs to answer explicit questions for which the obvious answer is on the graph (e.g., on a bar graph representing favorite ice cream of students in a class, identify and communicate the number of students who like chocolate-flavor ice cream).

Target

Represent data using bar graphs, picture graphs, and line plots. Interpret or integrate information on these types of graphs to answer questions (e.g., on the bar graph representing students' favorite ice cream, how many more students like strawberry than chocolate ice cream?).

Successor

Draw inferences or make predictions by interpreting information presented on a bar graph, picture graph, or line plot (e.g., on the bar graph representing the number of pizzas required for a certain number of people, predict the number of pizzas needed for 20 people).