Analyzing Cafeteria Survey Data: Making Claims From Tables
A practice set for 6th graders in which students read a table of school lunch survey results (200 respondents) and build claims supported by data. It develops data literacy, percentage calculation, and claim-evidence reasoning, with a Data Tip callout and Quick Check questions to scaffold the work before a separate analysis page.
“practice sheet with data in a table. Students need to make a claim based on data”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this as a short independent or partner warm-up, roughly 15 to 20 minutes, before a longer claim-writing task.
- Discussion question: Why might the school survey 200 students instead of just a few, and how does the total change how much we trust the percentages?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Have them underline the column headers and circle the largest number in the table before answering, and provide a sentence frame such as "The data shows that ___ because ___."
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to compute how many more students chose Pizza than Salad Bar and write a claim about what the cafeteria should change for next month's menu, citing at least two numbers.
- Estimated time: About 20 minutes for the Quick Check, plus 10 more if students draft a full claim with evidence.
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Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this as a short independent or partner warm-up, roughly 15 to 20 minutes, before a longer claim-writing task.
- Discussion question: Why might the school survey 200 students instead of just a few, and how does the total change how much we trust the percentages?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Have them underline the column headers and circle the largest number in the table before answering, and provide a sentence frame such as "The data shows that ___ because ___."
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to compute how many more students chose Pizza than Salad Bar and write a claim about what the cafeteria should change for next month's menu, citing at least two numbers.
- Estimated time: About 20 minutes for the Quick Check, plus 10 more if students draft a full claim with evidence.
Analyzing Cafeteria Survey Data: Making Claims From Tables
A practice set for 6th graders in which students read a table of school lunch survey results (200 respondents) and build claims supported by data. It develops data literacy, percentage calculation, and claim-evidence reasoning, with a Data Tip callout and Quick Check questions to scaffold the work before a separate analysis page.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free