Activity
Curated OER

Measure the Gardens

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Understanding arrays is very similar to understanding the relationship between multiplication and area. Give your third graders an opportunity to practice identifying area models that relate repeated addition and multiplication. They...
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Equal Groups

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore statistics by completing a graphing activity. In this data analysis lesson, students define a list of mathematical vocabulary terms before unpacking a box of raisins. Students utilize the raisins to plot data on a line...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Face The Facts To Remember

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use manipulatives, drawings, and story problems to learn the two's multiplication tables. After learning how to find answers, they participate in a memory game to match facts and answers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Problems

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with need strategies for computation of money problems and estimating sums. In this computation lesson, 2nd graders solve real life problems to understand estimation and money problems.
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Freckle Face

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis lesson, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about the information...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dividing by 4's

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore math functions by completing problem solving activities. In this division lesson, 3rd graders utilize the division strategies acquired earlier to divide multiple digit numbers by 4's. Students complete problems on...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Area Model of Multiplication Base 10 Manipulatives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will use base 10 manipulatives to build a rectangular array to represent double digit multiplication. Students will make the connection between the standard algorithm and the rectangular array.This lesson plan was created as a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Meaning of Multiplication

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice representing multiplication as equal groups, repeated addition, or arrays. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. Video content is available for...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Modeling Fraction Multiplication Using Arrays

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This video illustrates a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions using an array to model the solution visually. The problem involves puffins, arctic birds that live in colonies and fish to feed their young.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Multiplication Facts With Arrays

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders are expected to fluently multiply and divide within 100. This allows students to practice their math facts and then check their work using area models.
Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Multiplication of Whole Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this lesson on multiplication, students will understand and model arrays to help them multiply and count efficiently in everyday situations. They will also practice multiplication facts.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's Your Question? Multiplication Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students will explore multiplication and word problems. They will work cooperatively to examine a story scenario, list possible questions to develop a completed word problem and solve it using a variety of strategies. The students will...
Interactive
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby's Math Resources: Finding the Area of a Rectangle

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
The tutorial investigates area and how it is the total number of square tiles covered. Examples and practice problems are included.
Interactive
GeoGebra

Geo Gebra: Area Model: Multiplying Fractions

For Students 5th Standards
Explore this interactive to visualize what it means to multiply two fractions together. Use the sliders to change the numerators and denominators and move one fraction bar image on top of the other. The product is represented by the area...