MathEnglish Language Arts6-8
Analyzing Cafeteria Survey Data: Making Claims From Tables
By Jennifer F.
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.
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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.
MathEnglish Language Arts6-8
Analyzing Cafeteria Survey Data: Making Claims From Tables
By Jennifer F.
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.
Customize for your classroom
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.