Look at the pictogram on the board. The key under it says 1 symbol = 2. A symbol is a picture, so each picture stands for two votes.
How many chose swimming? Count in twos, not one by one.
Three rows, one at a time. Each picture is worth 2. For each row, count in twos together and say the total.
Now a row with a half picture. Count the full pictures in twos, then add one for the half.
Last row: five full pictures. Say the total, then name which of the three rows has the most.
Let's read a full PE games pictogram together, with the key one picture = 2.
We will read swimming, then football, then basketball with its half picture, then tennis. For each row, count in twos out loud and say the total.
In your maths copy, write: a row of 5 pictures, each worth 2, shows ___ .
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