Students suggest the names for the labels. Encourage students to suggest ways to display the data in a way that answers the question stated in the problem. Challenge students to decide what to do if more than one shape appears in an advertisement. Partners work together to estimate how many yellow hexagons will fit on the drawn shape. Partners work together to use that number of yellow hexagons to cover the drawn shape.
Students discuss if the number of blocks they actually used was more or less than their estimate.
Students use the graph to compare the numbers of different kinds of pattern blocks needed to cover the shape. Students sort a set of musical instruments and other objects that can make sounds into sets according to the type of sound they make when shaken or struck. Students arrange the sets into bar-type graphs on a floor graph mat to compare the sizes of the sets. Students can suggest other ways to make sounds with the objects, e.g. rolling them on the ground, dropping them on the table. Repeat as many times as students have suggestions for making sounds.