Curated OER
Multiplication Strategies - A Day at the Zoo
This is an amazing 33-page resource for teaching multiplication! Your mathematicians will discover the connection between multiplication and repeated addition. They also will work collaboratively with arrays while studying zoo animals....
Curated OER
Multiplication as Repeated Addition
Here is an excellent teaching tool! This presentation would be terrific to use when teaching your young learners about the relationship between multiplication, repeated addition, and arrays. Excellent examples are given, and the text...
New York City Department of Education
Isabella’s Garden
Create rows and rows of vegetables. Pupils use their knowledge of multiplication to find the number of vegetable shoots planted in a garden and ways to arrange the vegetables in the performance task. Teachers use the suggested unit...
Curated OER
Fact Families Lessons
Have you ever tried using arrays to help you teach the fact families that go with multiplication and division? If not, you should read this article! Some excellent and easy-to-implement ideas are presented, along with some good lessons...
Howard County Schools
Exit Ticket 3.MD.5
Intended for use as an exit ticket, this activity can be used as an extension to a lesson, test, or even homework. Learners complete three tasks that involve finding the area of a figure in square units. Young mathematicians can be...
Curated OER
Choosing a College
How can mathematics help scholars choose a college? High schoolers learn how they can use decision matrices to rank colleges based on selected criteria. They also see how to weigh criteria using multiplication of the decision matrix by a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Skittle Arrays
Skittles - yum!! You will instantly have your student's attention when you teach about arrays using Skittles. This detailed lesson walks you through the steps, provides worksheets for varying math levels, and includes a video of the...
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: One Hundred Hungry Ants [Pdf]
This is an activity for exploring arrays after reading the story One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J.Pincze.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Number Story Arrays [Pdf]
A number story activity for students to practice addition of equal groups and multiplication.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Arrays Focusing on Rows and Columns
Third graders develop a meaning of multiplication through the use of arrays.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Writing Equations for Arrays
Second graders will learn how to make number sentences for an array by walking around the classroom and writing number sentences for the different arrays the teacher hangs around the room. A video is included, along with examples of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Multiplication Facts With Arrays
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.