Learning Resources LER 2197 User Manual

Children often learn abstract concepts through visualization. What better
way to teach graphing, ordering, and categorizing than with the Rainbow
Pocket Chart! The chart has been divided into five sections for ease of
learning: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple. Each colored section of the
chart includes two pockets to fill with cards or pictures that help
represent classification, sorting, and graphing.

Rainbow

Pocket Chart

Great for graphing, sorting,

classifying, or organizing!

LER 2197

Using the Rainbow Pocket Chart

This guide contains hands-on activity ideas for use with the Rainbow
Pocket Chart. The chart’s five different sections provide a wonderful
opportunity to teach children about:

• Counting

• Reading

• Language mechanics

• Time

• Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing

• Science themes

• Social Studies topics, including timelines

Graphing

Help students build graphing skills with the Rainbow Pocket Chart.
Start by surveying students on their favorite kind of animal. Select five
different animals like a cat, dog, fish, hamster, and rabbit, and write
the name of each animal on a card or glue its picture to the card.
Then, place each card in a different colored segment of the chart.
Have children write their names on a card and place it in the section of
the pocket chart with their favorite animal. (For compatibility with the
pocket chart, Learning Resources recommends
using word card sizes of 21⁄4" x 4" and picture
sizes of 23⁄4" x 23⁄4".)

Ask questions such as: "Which animal is the
most popular in the class?" and "Which animal
is the second most popular?" Explain to students that they have created
a bar graph as a class. For older students, extend this lesson into other
areas, such as math. For example, a survey of favorite animals can lead
to discussions of percentages and fractions.