Online Graph 1

Making this chart was very easy and exciting to complete! I never knew Kid’s Zone existed and I will definitely use it again. This would be a great site for my students to use when they begin making their own graphs!

After making my bar graph, using Kid's Zone, I saved it as a picture using JPG file type. Then I embedded it directly onto my blog. I decided to change my mind about the web page format. I figured this was just as easy to view.

It was interesting to compare our math averages to the national averages. Since I'm a fourth grade teacher it's interesting to see how much we are behind the national average. This definitely provides me better insight into the future for my students.
Even though we are behind the national average it isn't that much of a gap. In 2007, we were only three points behind the national average, which I don't feel is of grave concern. Yes, we do need to work toward reaching and exceeding the national average, but I know that we are doing our best! I feel that if we continue to work toward meeting that goal then we will succeed. West Virginia has a lot of wonderful teachers that strive in helping their students meet their educational goals and will continue to improve math scores. As you look at this bar graph, you will see how we aren’t following far behind.