Appropriate title Labelled axes, with units if necessary Appropriate (using grid lines) Bars with spaces between them What conclusions can you draw from your graph? How did using a graph help you figure out the answer? What challenges did you face in making your graph? How did you deal with those challenges? What was it like to work with a partner on making your graph? How did both you and your partner contribute to the activity? Teacher assessment of graphs Assessment Emerging Developing Applying Observation Category Notes Appropriate The title does not The graph The graph reflect what the contains a title contains a title data shows, or is that generally that clearly and missing tells what the specifically tells data shows what the data shows Axes Axes are not Axes labels Axes are clearly labelled or labels generally and correctly are not accurate correspond to labelled in data correspondence with data Appropriate scale Points on the Points on the There is an axis are too close axis are evenly spaced together or too somewhat and logical far apart logically spaced distance between points on the axis Bars have spaces No spaces Some bars have Adequate spaces between them between bars spaces between between all bars them The graph looks Messiness of the The graph is The graph is easy neat and is easy graph interferes somewhat clear to read because to read with the ability and easy to read writing is clear, to read it colouring is neat, lines are straight
Appropriate title Labelled axes, with units if necessary Appropriate (using grid lines) Bars with spaces between them What conclusions can you draw from your graph? How did using a graph help you figure out the answer? What challenges did you face in making your graph? How did you deal with those challenges? What was it like to work with a partner on making your graph? How did both you and your partner contribute to the activity? Teacher assessment of graphs Assessment Category Emerging Developing Applying Observation Notes Appropriate The title does not reflect what the data shows, or is missing The graph contains a title that generally tells what the data shows The graph contains a title that clearly and specifically tells what the data shows Axes Axes are not labelled or labels are not accurate Axes labels generally correspond to data Axes are clearly and correctly labelled in correspondence with data Appropriate scale Points on the axis are too close together or too far apart Points on the axis are somewhat logically spaced There is an evenly spaced and logical distance between points on the axis Bars have spaces between them No spaces between bars Some bars have spaces between them Adequate spaces between all bars The graph looks neat and is easy to read Messiness of the graph interferes with the ability to read it The graph is somewhat clear and easy to read The graph is easy to read because writing is clear, colouring is neat, lines are straight