acquire data for categorical variables through surveys, observation, experiment and using digital tools; sort data into relevant categories and display data using lists and tables

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a readiness-year topic that builds towards the next NAPLAN year. Bloomi practises it as curriculum mastery, never test drilling.

What this looks like in the classroom

• posing a question of interest about favourite things; for example, asking classmates what are their favourite types of fruit, football teams, days of the week, and recording responses using a table; using counting strategies to determine the number of different responses and the most popular and least popular responses
• investigating questions, such as “How much rubbish is really rubbish?” by gathering data about objects in categories; for example, throw away, recycle and reuse; deciding whether the data answers the question
• using familiar software to construct a survey to collect class data; sorting and interpreting responses; and considering the questions asked and whether they need to be modified to reuse the survey