Swimming sports

Swimming sports

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This task is about reading from a graph.
This graph shows how some children felt during the school swimming sports.
 

Feelings during the swimming sports

 

a)
Start each sentence with one of the three names, Becky, Tyler, or Sarah.
The name you choose should make the sentence true.
 
 
i)
 
ii)
 
iii)
 
iv)
____________________ felt the saddest at the end.
 
____________________ got happier with each race.
 
____________________ felt about the same for all the races.
 
____________________ was the saddest person during race 2.
 
b) Circle the part of the graph that shows when Sarah changed from feeling very happy to sad.
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Description of task: 
Students interpret a line graph about how students felt during their swimming sports.
Answers/responses: 

  

Y4 (06/2000)

a)

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

Sarah
Becky
Tyler
Becky

4 correct - difficult
 
2-3 correct - easy

b)

  

Circles all or part of Sarah's line between race 1 and race 2.
[Accept if all of Sarah's line is circled up to race 2.]

difficult

Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error

Likely reason

a) i)
    ii)

Becky
Sarah

Transposes very happy and very sad. Interprets downwards slope as got happier.

b)

Circles around race 2 only, rather than the whole line between race 1 and race 2.