Interpreting Products Bundle with a Game

Subject: Math, Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

• Collaborate with peers and use the "language" of math and take math "notes"
• Practice recognizing the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition
• Explain the products by matching “a” number of groups with “b” number of objects in each group
• Use arrays and columns to show their understanding of the relationship between multiplication, repeated addition, skip counting and the resulting products
• Demonstrate their understanding of this skill by playing a game "So Many Ways, So Little Time", that uses various tools such as arrays in rows or columns or an area model to interpret products

Materials Needed:

• Blank paper (3 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)
• “Creating Arrays: Commutative Property” (1 copy per student)
• “1-9 Number Cards” (2 copies per group)
• “So Many Ways, So Little Time! Groupings and Arrays” directions       sheet (1 copy for display –or- 1 copy per group)

CCSS: 3.OA.A1