Unit Plan
Curated OER

Multiplication Strategies - A Day at the Zoo

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
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....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Array game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a math game that allows the students to practice their multiplication skills, and reinforces the 'array' concept of multiplication. They perform multiplication calculations using numbers one to six and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arrays To See Multiplication

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine multiplication. They construct arrays to demonstrate specific multiplication facts. They identify examples and non-examples of arrays. Students use counters to model the commutative property of multiplication.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Arrays Using Excel Spreadsheets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create arrays using Microsoft Excel. In this technology-based math instructional activity, students expand their knowledge of multiplication by creating arrays on the computer using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working with larger arrays

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use arrays to show the meaning of multipication in selected situations. They practice using large and small arrays. The lesson has numerous activities, which gives students more opportunities to display academic growth.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Multiplication and Division with Arrays

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice the commutative property, create and manipulate arrays and multiply and divide numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arrays Hooray

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. They solve multiplication problems by using strategies other than counting all. They interpret and solve...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Difference of Two Squares

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners practice the use of number properties through exploring the difference of two squares, creating an array model for multiplication, and work with decimal numbers. In groups, students explore patterns in an array and determine...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blank Grids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders model multiplication facts on a multiplication grid. They use the hundreds array to find groupings, known facts to solve multiplication facts. Students demonstrate the ability to use the multiplication facts. They are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Multiplication Illustration

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use literature and art to apply the principals of multiplication with three or more factors. They write and illustrate their own books following criteria outlined in a checklist imbedded in this plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Posing Mathematics

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students work on multiplication problems. In this hands-on math lesson, students practice the concept of multiplication through manipulatives, arrays, pictures, and drawings. They discover other ways of learning multiplication besides...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clap, Pat, Click

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the art of skip counting to help them find the answer to problems involving equal groups. They are encouraged to make the link between "whisper" counting with body percussion and solving multiplication facts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Multiplying Fractions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the multiplication of fractions. Using paper folds, 5th graders observe multiplying by a fraction. They extrapolate multiplication problems from studying a written graphic.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number in Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use a number line to assist with their additions. They use a calculator to check for factors. Students are taught factors and multiples. They use array model of multiplication to define meaning. Learners develop a wide range of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Addition Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students practice finding the sums of two-one digit numbers. In this addition lesson plan, students also record facts onto an addition chart.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Sums to 6

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Pupils explore the additive identity property where they add multiple numbers to get to the number 6. In this number 6 lesson plan, students also work on their addition charts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Goes Around

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the relationships between the area and perimeters of squares and rectangles. They calculate the perimeter of rectangles and squares using a formula. Students investigate the relationship between the perimeter...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Disappearing Magic Factors

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify, through the number of rows and columns, the factors related to the product. In turn, they also discover how to find the missing factor, which is part of the fact family for that product.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Skittle Arrays

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Skittles - yum!! You will instantly have your student's attention when you teach about arrays using Skittles. This detailed lesson plan walks you through the steps, provides worksheets for varying math levels, and includes a video of the...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Arrays Focusing on Rows and Columns

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders develop a meaning of multiplication through the use of arrays.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Equations for Arrays

For Teachers 2nd Standards
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...
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.