Lesson Plan

Grades 3-5

People Count (TESOL)

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50 minutes

SUBJECTS: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies

TOPICS: Counting Populations

Resource Overview

Written and scaffolded for ELL, students conduct a census of their schoolmates’ households, graph their data, and answer questions to reflect on the potential use of the data.

Students will be able to:
  • Conduct a census of their peers.
  • Organize collected data and use it to create a bar graph.
  • Discuss possible uses for census data.
  • Ask and answer questions about household members with a classmate.
  • Write responses to analysis questions about collected data.
  • Orally reflect on the activity with a partner.

Features of This Resource

  • TESOL lesson plan, includes a greater focus on practicing English-language speaking, writing, listening, and reading
  • Scaffolded for L2, L3 and L4 levels of language proficiency
  • Data literacy exercise for elementary ELLs
  • Printable student survey sheets and organization/graphing sheets included

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