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Week 09 · Colorful Plates

Thursday

Scaled graphs and the wrap card
// Count the colors, graph the colors
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Scaled Graphs and the Wrap Card

Oliver the Owl looks at the crew's bar graph. It is so tall it runs off the paper!

"We counted 20 green foods," says Bennie. "That is a lot of squares."

"What do you notice if each square stands for 2 foods?" Oliver asks.

Riley folds the paper in half. "Here is a hint," he says. "Count by twos."

A scaled bar graph

On a scaled graph, each square can stand for more than one thing.

If each square stands for 2 foods, 3 squares stand for 6 foods.

Half a square stands for 1 food.

ColorSquares (each square = 2 foods)Foods
Red48
Orange36
Green5?
Purple1?
Green has 5 squares. How many green foods?
Purple has 1 square. How many purple foods?
How many more green foods than red foods?

Read the wrap card

Recipe: Rainbow Veggie Wraps
Makes: 4 wraps.
Ingredients:
4 soft wheat tortillas
1 ripe avocado
1 red pepper
1 cup of shredded carrots
1 small cucumber
1 cup of baby spinach
1/2 cup of shredded purple cabbage
Allergy swap: Wheat allergy? Use big lettuce leaves or wheat-free tortillas instead. Check every package label.
  1. You: Wash your hands with all five steps.
  2. You: Rinse the pepper, cucumber and spinach under running water.
  3. Grown-up: Cut the avocado in half with a knife and take out the pit.
  4. You: Scoop the avocado into a bowl and mash it with a fork.
  5. Grown-up: Slice the pepper and cucumber into thin strips.
  6. You: Spread avocado on each tortilla.
  7. You: Lay one color at a time in a line across the middle.
  8. You: Roll each wrap up tight.
  9. Grown-up: Cut each wrap in half.
  10. Everyone: Taste your rainbow!
Safety first
A grown-up handles the knife and does all the cutting.
Use carrots and cabbage already shredded, or a grown-up does the grating.
Keep your fingers away from the cutting board while the grown-up works.
FIND IT ON THE CARD
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
How many wraps does the card make?
Which ingredient is purple?
Who slices the pepper?
PUT THE WRAP STEPS IN ORDER
  • ?Wash your hands.
  • ?Rinse the vegetables.
  • ?Mash the avocado and spread it.
  • ?Lay the colors in a line.
  • ?Roll the wrap up tight.
WHY THIS EXERCISESteps in order make a recipe work every time.
Count the colors of vegetables in the wrap: red, orange, green and purple. How many? Type a number.
WHY THIS EXERCISEFour colors make each wrap a rainbow.

Graph reader! Tomorrow Freddy has a colorful quiz.

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