1. MATCHING A STORY WITH A GRAPH

2. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS? Well, a graph is like a MATH PICTURE. It tells us at a glance what is going on.

3. GRAPHS CAN TELL A STORY ABOUT MOTION Tell this story with a position/time graph: I walked from my house to my friend’s house last night. (Copy this scenario into your notes then draw a simple line graph to represent the story)

4. GRAPHS CAN TELL A STORY ABOUT MOTION Tell this story with a position/time graph: I walked from my house to my friend’s house last night, then turned around and walked back home. (Copy this scenario into your notes then draw a simple line graph to represent the story)

5. GRAPHS CAN TELL A STORY ABOUT MOTION Tell this story with a position/time graph: I ran as fast as I could from my house to my friend’s house last night. (Copy this scenario into your notes then draw a simple line graph to represent the story)

6. GRAPHS CAN TELL A STORY ABOUT MOTION Tell this story with a position/time graph: I walked quickly to the end of my street, stopped and looked both ways, then ran around the corner to my friend’s house. (Copy this scenario into your notes then draw a simple line graph to represent the story)

7. Which one of these three stories matches the graph to the right? Discuss with your table and come to a consensus. Make sure to have data to support your opinion.

8. WHICH STORY MATCHES THE PICTURE? Who votes for story A? Who votes for story B? Who votes for story C? Why?

9. Now, add some numbers to your story and complete the chart to the right, using the information from your math picture

10. JOURNEY TO THE BUS STOP Now, you write the story based on the graph… (In your notes, draw the graph then write what was happening for each line segment A, B, C, D)

11. NOW, PLAY MATCHMAKER… 1- Send one person to get 2 pages of graphs, 1 page of stories, and 1 page of time/distance data tables from Mrs. Harris 2- Cut apart the graphs, stories, and tables 3- As a group, match a story to a graph to a table, then group the 3 together on your tabletop. Repeat for all 10 stories. 4- Make sure your group can explain why those 3 particular cards match