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Interpreting Products: Groupings

3rd Grade • 1 Lesson Plan
$2.00
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Quick Facts

Subject: Math, Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

  • Collaborate with peers, use the "language" of math and take math "notes"
  • Practice recognizing the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition using skip counting
  • Explain the products by matching “a” number of groups with “b” number of objects in each group
  • Interpret products using drawings and groupings
  • Produce an "exit ticket" to help you plan next instructional steps

Materials Needed:

  • Blank paper (2 pieces per student)
  • Pencils, crayons/colored pencils
  • Colored chips/counters
  • Scratch paper, or personal dry erase boards and marker
  • Document camera or whiteboard
 

Printable Resources:

  • “Exit Slips” (1 copy per student)
  • “Repeated Addition and Multiplication: Groupings” (1 copy per   student)

CCSS: 3.OA.A1

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Helping our 3rd graders “see” the why of multiplication requires a lot of practice with the concept using different strategies.  In this 1 hour lesson your students will:

  • Collaborate with peers, use the “language” of math and take math “notes”
  • Practice recognizing the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition using skip counting
  • Explain the products by matching “a” number of groups with “b” number of objects in each group
  • Interpret products using drawings and groupings
  • Produce an “exit ticket” to help you plan next instructional steps

**Purchasing both this 1 hour and the Math Bundle: “Interpreting Products Bundle,” will result in duplicate content.