Teacher’s Resource Material

Class: 5 Board: CBSE

Lesson: Tally Marks

Unit Plan
Activities Topics Type
Activity 1 Dice Visual Animation
Activity 2 Fish Aquarium Smart Board Episode
Activity 3 Vowels Visual Text Animation
Activity 4 Birthday Party Visual Image/Text

Activity 1: Dice

Goal:

The purpose of this activity is to recall counting of objects and displaying them using their fingers.

Description:

A dice animation must be presented to the students. On each click of the mouse the dice must roll
and show a different face randomly. It must not show any face more than 10 times.

Activity 2: Fish Aquarium

Goal:

The purpose of this episode is to make tally marks to count the number of fishes in an aquarium and
then analyse the data by reviewing the tally marks.

Layout:

Chart Fish Aquarium

Question

Answer Options
Description:

A fish aquarium with three types of fishes is presented. The fishes must be swimming around in the
aquarium. Show 7 blue fishes, 10 orange fishes, and 3 striped black/red fishes.

An empty chart is also presented designed to record and display the number of fishes of each type.

Image of the blue fish Image of the orange fish Image of the striped fish

The chart can be filled by selecting the fish in the tank. When a fish is selected, the fish colour fades
and turns to grey, and the number of fish of this type increases on the chart using a tally mark. Since
the fish swim around, selecting them will be an enjoyable activity for the students. Each time a fish is
selected, the respective tally mark increases by one. When the chart is completed (after selecting all
the fishes), the episode presents questions about the fish types.

Questions:

The following questions must be presented at the end of performing the tally marks activity. For
answers students must be shown buttons with names as given below after the questions and they
are required to click the correct button. When the student clicks the correct button, the episode
must automatically show the next question. When the student clicks the incorrect button, the
episode must wiggle and say “Try Again”.

1. Which is the most common type of fish?

Blue Orang Striped

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2. Which is the least common type of fish?

Blue Orang Striped

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3. How many more blue fishes than the striped fishes are there?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4. How many fewer striped fishes than orange fishes are there?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

5. How many fishes are there in all?

 15 18 20

Activity 3: Vowels

Goal:

The purpose of this activity is to use tally marks to count the number of vowels in a word and then
answer the questions by analysing the tally marks.

Description:

A list of 5 words must be presented to the students. The words must appear one after the other. On
each click of the mouse, a new word must be presented on the screen.

List of Words:

LEARNING

MATHEMATICS

SCHOOL

AQUARIUM

MILLENIUM

POSITIVE

ENVIRONMENT

SCIENTIFIC

TEMPERATURE

ACCESSORIES

Activity 4: Birthday Party

Goal:

The purpose of this activity is to use tally marks to count the number of vowels in a word and then
answer the questions by analysing the tally marks.

Description:

A visual image showing a birthday party of a 8-10 year old child must be shown. In the image, there
must be a table displaying a variety of snacks as mentions in the table below. Underneath the image
the following chart must be shown.

Snacks
Image of Image of Pastry Image of Cold Drink Image of Pizza Image of Burger
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