Worksheet Grade 1 Math
Fern Alley School's Three Water Spots: A Grade 1 Tally Worksheet
Twelve grade 1 data items built on a class chart of where children filled bottles at school, with three categories to count, compare, and tally.
Objectives
- Students will read the count for each of three categories on a class chart.
- Students will find the total number of children on the chart.
- Students will answer how many more and how many fewer questions from the chart.
Vocabulary
Key words: chart, tally, fountain, bottle filler, in all
Teacher overview
Fern Alley School is a made-up school with three places a child can get a drink: a fountain in the hallway, a bottle filler by the gym, and the sink in the classroom. The principal wants to know which one gets used most before deciding where to put a second bottle filler, so Class 1B kept a chart for one day and wrote down where each child filled up. The finished chart is given to students already sorted into the three categories. The misconception this worksheet targets is answering a comparison question by adding, so that a student reads "how many more" and combines the two counts instead of finding the difference; items 5 and 9 are placed close together because one asks for the difference and the other asks for the total, and both mention exactly two categories.
Student Worksheet
Class 1B kept a chart of where each child filled a bottle. Here is the chart.
| Water spot | Children |
|---|---|
| Hall fountain | 9 |
| Gym bottle filler | 7 |
| Classroom sink | 4 |
- How many children used the hall fountain?
- How many children used the gym bottle filler?
- How many children used the classroom sink?
- How many children are on the chart in all?
- The hall fountain had 9 children. The classroom sink had 4. How many more used the fountain?
- The gym bottle filler had 7 children. The classroom sink had 4. How many fewer used the sink?
- Which spot did the most children use?
- Which spot did the fewest children use?
- The gym bottle filler had 7 children. The classroom sink had 4. How many children is that in all?
- The classroom sink had 4 children. The next day 2 more children used it. How many is that in all?
- The hall fountain had 9 children. The gym bottle filler had 7. Which spot had more?
- Draw tally marks. Draw 9 marks for the fountain. Draw 7 marks for the filler. Draw 4 marks for the sink. How many marks in all?
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Answer Key
- Answer: 9 children. The chart row for the hall fountain shows 9.
- Answer: 7 children. The chart row for the gym bottle filler shows 7.
- Answer: 4 children. The chart row for the classroom sink shows 4.
- Answer: 20 children. 9 plus 7 is 16, and 16 plus 4 is 20.
- Answer: 5 children. 9 minus 4 is 5, so 5 more children used the fountain.
- Answer: 3 children. 7 minus 4 is 3, so 3 fewer children used the sink.
- Answer: The hall fountain. Nine is the largest count on the chart.
- Answer: The classroom sink. Four is the smallest count on the chart.
- Answer: 11 children. 7 plus 4 is 11.
- Answer: 6 children. 4 plus 2 is 6.
- Answer: The hall fountain. Nine is more than seven.
- Answer: 20 marks. 9 marks plus 7 marks is 16 marks, and 16 plus 4 is 20 marks, which matches the total in item 4.
Differentiation
Support
Give these students the chart redrawn with one square per child so each count can be touched and counted rather than read from a numeral, and stop the assignment after item 8. Build item 5 with two rows of squares lined up so the extra squares are visible.
Extension
Ask these students to survey their own class about the same three water spots, build a new chart from the results, and then answer items 4, 5, and 7 again using their own numbers.
ELL supports
Pair each water spot with a photograph or simple drawing posted beside the chart, and read the three row labels aloud twice before students begin. Let students answer items 7, 8, and 11 by pointing to or circling a row instead of writing the name.