Unit 3 - Lesson 14 - Grade 2: Illustrative Mathematics

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Grade 2 Unit 3
Lesson 14: What is a Line Plot?
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics®

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Grade 2 Unit 3
Lesson 14: What is a Line Plot?
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics®

Lesson: What is a Line Plot?

Notice and Wonder: “Handy” Graphs (Warm Up)

What do you notice?

What do you wonder?

Measure Our Hand Spans

Trace your hand. (Spread your fingers wide.)

Draw a line from your thumb to your pinky. This line represents your hand span. 

Measure the length of your hand span in inches.

My hand span is _______ inches.

Interpret Our Numerical Data

What was the longest hand span?

What was the shortest hand span?

Write another statement about our class’ hand spans based on the line plot.

Cool Down: Hand Spans

Tyler collected data about the lengths of hand spans for students in his class.
Three students have a hand span of 6 inches.
Only 1 student has a hand span of 5 inches.
Three students have a hand span of 7 inches.
Two students have a hand span of 8 inches.

Unit 3 - Lesson 14 - Grade 2: Illustrative Mathematics

Notice and Wonder: “Handy” Graphs (Warm Up)

What do you notice?

What do you wonder?

Measure Our Hand Spans

Interpret Our Numerical Data

What was the longest hand span?

What was the shortest hand span?

Write another statement about our class’ hand spans based on the line plot.

Circle the line plot that could represent Tyler’s class’s hand spans.

Explain how you know.