Lesson: Spreadsheets with Smarties-Graph Directions
Grade level: Third Grade
Software used: ClarisWorks

Insert your disk and double click on the disk icon. Double click on the icon for Graphing Smarties.

Highlight the spreadsheet by using the top left corner cell. Choose Options, Make Chart . This brings up a dialog box. In the Gallery section, choose the bar and click "OK".

Your graph appears on the spreadsheet page. Move your graph below your spreadsheet by placing your cursor somewhere inside the graph, holding down the mouse button and dragging it to the correct location. Use the scroll bar to scroll down and see the whole graph. You can put your pointer on the grab handles on corners of the graph to resize it.

Label the graph. Double click inside the graph. Choose Axes from the Modify section. You are going to give the Y axis a title. It should be called " Number of Smarties." Click OK. You may need to resize your graph again. Use the grab handles.

Double click inside the graph again. Choose Axes from the Modify section. You are going to give the X axis a title. Click in the X axis roado button. It should be called "Color of Smarties." Click OK.

Double click inside the graph again. Choose Label from the Modify section. You are going to give the graph a title. It should be called "Graphing Smarties." Click OK.

Now you can change the graph colors. Click in a box on the graph legend. Click on your show tools button or go to View, Show Tools . Use the paint bucket to choose a new color. You can do this to all three graph colors if you would like.

You are ready to save this to your disk. Go to File, then Save As . Choose Desktop . Double click your disk icon. Then name your document "Graphing Smarties 2." Click on Save .

Print your document.

Go to File and Quit. Take out your disk. It's your partner's turn.