Sorting Data into Categories
Organise and represent data with up to three categories by counting objects in each category and sorting categories by quantity
Typical age: 6–8 years
“Can your child look at a collection of objects — like different coloured counters — sort them into up to three groups, count each group, and organise the results into a simple chart?”
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Needs first
- How Many in Total?
Counting data in categories requires understanding cardinality
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)REQUIRED
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categoriesREQUIRED
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
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- Sorting into categories (age 6+)REQUIRED
Interpreting data requires having data organised and represented first
- Pictograms and tally charts
Data representation formats (pictograms, tally charts) support organising data
- Picture & Bar GraphsREQUIRED
Drawing picture/bar graphs extends organising and representing data