Hidden message
Patterns and data: Hidden message — Standard
Solve clues, then read the initials. Repeating and growing rules, surveys, tallies, tables, pictographs, bar graphs, and honest scales.
Solve each clue, then read the first letters from top to bottom.
What this resource includes
Learning fit
- Ages
- Ages 6–8, Ages 9–12
- Best starting age
- Ages 6–8
- Skills
- Logic & reasoning, Phonics & spelling, Vocabulary
- Learning setting
- Independent
Print-ready setup
- Paper
- A4
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Page layout
- 1 × 1
- Copies
- 1
A peek inside
- Data — Collected facts, measurements, or responses
- Axis — A reference line used to organize values on a graph
- Tally — A quick mark used while counting responses
- Answer — A response given to a survey question
Teach it well
Solve clues, then read the initials. Identify a pattern rule and read organised data to make a supported comparison.
Materials & preparation
- One printed learner copy; keep the answer view separate when provided
- Pencil and eraser
- Model and teach
- Think aloud through one example, including how you notice and correct a mistake. Then use this learner direction: Solve each clue, then read the first letters from top to bottom. Say what repeats or changes and point to the data that supports the answer.
- Support
- Complete the first item together, highlight the key word or visual clue, then fade the prompt.
- Stretch
- Ask for an explanation using the topic words, then add one new example. Create a new example that follows the same idea, then explain how it works.
- Check for understanding
- Ask for two answers without the word bank or answer view, then correct misconceptions briefly.