Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Maths: Handling Information and Data L2

This Home-Ed resource is a great addition to any home learning journey. These lessons will take your child through the Maths Entry Level 3 which consists of three main components: Handling Data: Tables and Frequency, Interpreting Data and Organising and Representing Data: Charts and Graphs.

Lesson 2. Interpreting Data

• Recap: Overview of creating frequency tables and extracting information from lists.

• Quiz: Short quiz on creating frequency tables and identifying information from simple tables.

• Learning Objective: To interpret information, to make comparisons and record changes, from different formats including bar charts and simple line graphs.

• Interpreting Frequency Tables: What information can we get from them?

• Modelling: Making comparisons using frequency tables (e.g., most common, least common).

• Guided Practice: Interpreting given frequency tables and answering questions.

• Introduction to Bar Charts: What they are and their purpose.

• Modelling: Interpreting bar charts to make comparisons.

• Guided Practice: Answering questions based on given bar charts.

• Introduction to Line Graphs: What they are and when they are used (showing change over time).

• Modelling: Interpreting line graphs to identify trends and changes.

• Independent Practice: Interpreting a mix of frequency tables, bar charts, and line graphs.