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List the word lengths in order, most common first.
How many 5-letter words were there?
·3.J Choose a reading book. Make a tally chart and
a bar chart of lengths of some words on a page.
Use RM1 to help you draw the bar chart.
'4:,a Write three ways in wh ich your
bar chart is different from Peter's.
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5 letters, Practical: Making a tally chart and
4 letters, a bar chart of the lengths of some
6 letters/7 letters, words on a page from a chosen
3 letters, 8 letters, reading book. (1/3 c)
2 letters/over 8 letters,
1 letter.
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Open: Listing 3 ways in which own
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45 5-letter words.