GRADE 3 - MATH / Create A Multiplication Facts Game

Making a game is a great way for your student to practice multiplication.  First I have the student draw a picture.  We usually brainstorm locations (Disneyland, The Zoo, Playground, School, Library, Market, Outer space, the Ocean, etc...  Then, the child chooses a location to draw.  This student drew items in a toy store.  The drawing can be as elaborate or as simple as the student prefers.

Then, I add the route which travels the board including some of the drawings.  I write in the multiplication facts that the student is working on and add every week addition facts until all are on the board.  I may add repeats for the difficult facts.

The yellow spaces mean "pick a card."  I have the student write out cards that take you to different spots on the route (here's where the drawing comes into play).  I added a few cards shown in green…just to make it fun!

Roll the die and learn those facts!  

GRADE 3 - MATH / Relating Multiplication and Division

Students practice relating multiplication to division on the whiteboard.  So easy!

I color code the model.  The red factors become the divisor and quotient.  The green product becomes the dividend.

Students use number cutouts for practice.

After moving the numbers, students read the equation.

GRADE 3 - MATH / MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS with CHEERIOS

My 3rd grader demonstrated understanding of "Multiplication Arrays" by building arrays out of cheerios.  She also changed the order of the "factors" to demonstrate understanding of the "Commutative Property of Multiplication".

Here she is building an array for 8 x 9 to find the "product".

Her homework assignment was to build an array for 3 x 7 and then, construct her own array and solve the multiplication problem.  She did a fantastic job!