How To Make a Tally Chart

How To Make a Tally Chart
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Tally Chart Lesson Plans

Teaching Tally Charts: Lesson Plans & Activities

Lesson Plans by Anna Warfield

As educators, we need to prepare little minds for important data-driven futures. The tally chart is easy to use and understand, so it is an excellent choice for first-time researchers. Learn more with Storyboard That!


Diagram a Process

Create Engaging Educational Visuals: How to Diagram a Process

Lesson Plans by Anna Warfield

Instructions and processes are so much more easily understood when accompanied by visuals. When we storyboard a process or create a sequential diagram, we can focus on discrete steps, cause and effect, and sequence.




Storyboard Description

Making a tally chart is easy. Make a box, add some labels, and tally ho!

Storyboard Text

  • Slide: 1
  • CREATE A CHART
  • Favorite Place To Read a Book Favorite Place To Read a Book
  • In Bed In Bed
  • In a Chair In a Chair
  • Outside Outside
  • On the Floor On the Floor
  • Create a chart. Make one row for each category, and make one column for the information. Leave some space at the top for a title. The title can be in or above the tally chart.
  • Slide: 2
  • ADD LABELS
  • Give your tally chart a title to show what information you are gathering. Label each category simply and clearly.
  • Slide: 3
  • ADD THE TALLY MARKS
  • Make a tally mark for each response. Be sure to mark diagonally for every five!