Survey the class first
Let kids pick a question, like "What is your favorite recess game?", and collect tallies from the whole class. Then they turn the tallies into a bar graph with a scale of 2. Data they gathered themselves is data they actually care about reading.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
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