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Favourite Things Data Survey

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Favourite Things Data Survey

Children collecting data with clipboards

🔍 Part 1: Collecting Data About Favourite Things

WALT: We are learning to collect and organise information about our favourite things.
Success Criteria:

I can ask my friends about their favourite things

I can record answers using pictures or tallies

I can work together to find out about our class's favourite items

1. Ask 5 friends about their favourite fruit. Use these sentence starters:

English: "What is your favourite fruit?"

Te reo Māori: "He aha tō hua rākau pai?"

Record their answers using tally marks:

🍎 Apples / Āporo: ________________

🍌 Bananas / Panana: ________________

🍇 Grapes / Kārepe: ________________

🍓 Strawberries / Rōpere: ________________

🥝 Other / Ētahi atu: ________________

2. Ask 5 friends about their favourite colour. Record with pictures or tallies:

🔴 Red / Whero: ________________

🔵 Blue / Kikorangi: ________________

🟢 Green / Kākāriki: ________________

🟡 Yellow / Kōwhai: ________________

🟣 Purple / Waiporoporo: ________________

📊 Part 2: Creating Your Pictograph

3. Turn your fruit data into a pictograph. Draw one picture for each person:

Our Class Favourite Fruits / Ngā Hua Rākau Pai

Apples:

Bananas:

Grapes:

Strawberries:

4. What does your pictograph tell you? Circle the correct answers:

Most people like apples (He maha ngā tangata he pai ki ngā āporo)

Most people like bananas (He maha ngā tangata he pai ki ngā panana)

Most people like grapes (He maha ngā tangata he pai ki ngā kārepe)

Most people like strawberries (He maha ngā tangata he pai ki ngā rōpere)

5. Compare your results. Fill in the blanks:

_______ has more votes than _______.

_______ has fewer votes than _______.

_______ and _______ have the same number of votes.

💬 Part 3: Sharing Our Findings

6. Write a story about what you discovered. Use the sentence starters:

Sentence starters:

• "I found out that..." / "I kitea ai ahau..."

• "Most children like..." / "He maha ngā tamariki he pai..."

• "This surprised me because..." / "I miharo ahau nā te mea..."

7. Think of one new question you could ask your classmates:
8. Extension: If you surveyed 20 people instead of 5, what do you think would happen to your results?

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