The document describes two kindergarten math activities. In the first, students will taste different pies and graph their favorite to practice collecting and organizing data. They will then analyze the class results to see which pie was the most popular. The second activity has students use a word problem to complete their own graph about favorite Thanksgiving foods.

1. Kindergarten
MKD1. Students will pose information questions, collect data, organize, and
display results using objects, pictures, and picture graphs.
MKN1. Students will connect numerals to the quantities they represent.
a.Count a number of objects up to 30.
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Summary:
A very hungry relative come to Thanksgiving dinner. She brings a pie with her but eats the whole
pie before entering the house. She then continues to eat everything at the Thanksgiving dinner.
The adults are visibly alarmed by her out of control appetite and the children are delighted
watching her stomach grow in size.
Activity 1

2. The students will each taste pecan, pumpkin, apple, and cherry pie. Then each student will pick
their favorite pie from the four types. They will color and label the pie cut out according to which
flavor they picked; pecan: brown, pumpkin: orange, apple: green, and cherry: red. The class will
be given fifteen minutes to complete the hand out and then come to the carpet. There each stu-
dent will graph their pie cut out in the appropriate column. As a class we will then count how can
people like each type of pie, talking about the favorite to the least favorite.
Our Favorite Pies
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3. This graph Name:___________________
_ will be a
large graph on the
board!
I liked the ____________________ pie!
Activity 2

4. The students will be given a graphing worksheet with information for them to
graph. It will also have questions about the graph and the information. This will
be an extension activity for the first to be able to assess if the students obtained
the information.
Favorite Thanksgiving Food
Thanksgiving Favorites
Name:_____________________
Directions: Use the word problem to complete the graph! Cut out the shapes and use
them to graph the information
Mrs. Nelson asked her class what was there favorite part of their Thanksgiving dinner: Turkey, Roll,
Pie, or Squash.
4 of the students liked turkey
3 liked rolls
5 liked pie, and
2 liked squash

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Assessment:
Activity 1

6. Checklist
Student colored completed sen- placed in the
pie piece tence correct column
on the graph
Activity 2
Grade the graph and this will be out of a 100 points.