Multiplication Work

A Class Favourite: Multiplication Luck!
Rules are posted on the Google Classroom

Over the past six weeks, we have been learning what Multiplication is, how to represent it, and how to solve problems related to it. While doing so, students have explored patterns in the Multiplication table and gained fluency when solving equations up to 12 x 12. We will now be moving on to Area, which reinforces an understanding of Multiplication arrays, and then larger Multiplication equations, up to 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. 

It is essential that students know their times tables up to 12 x 12. As we build on this foundation, the problems will increase in difficulty. If they cannot skip count yet, they need to practice at home. 

On Google Classroom, there are a plethora of resources for helping students. Some kids learn best by singing their times tables, some enjoy card or dice games. There is an interactive Multiplication Grid where students can highlight multiples of each number and colour-code them. In class this week, we started creating one more tool for helping: a "Multiplication House." 

Students chose the times table they most need to practice. They created their own design that has flaps, such as a school bus with windows that open, a pizza with pepperoni flaps, or a cell phone with swinging keys. On top of each flap, they write the factor they are multiplying by. Under each flap, they write the answer (the "product"). This is a tool students can use independently for practice. Stay tuned for more pictures next week of our finished product! 

Parents, thanks for your help in ensuring your child knows their times tables up to 12 x 12! :)