Handy Helpers A Handy Classroom Tool

1. Handy HelpersA Handy Classroom Tool By Mary M. Edwards medwards@opsb.net

2. Practice Makes Perfect Multiplication Handy Helpers

3. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

6. 2 □ 1’s 2 2 □ 2’s 4 2 □ 3’s 6 2 □ 4’s 8 2 □ 5’s 10 2 □ 6’s 12 2 □ 7’s 14 2 □ 8’s 16 2 □ 9’s 18 2 □10’s 20

7. Keep time like the pendulum on a Grandfather clock. Hold up the pointer finger on your right hand, slant it to the left, pause, then slant it to the right to skip count the multiples of two: “2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20” “Tick tock. It’s time to stop.”

8. The Fisherman Threes Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11. 3 □ 1’s 3 3 □ 2’s 6 3 □ 3’s 9 3 □ 4’s 12 3 □ 5’s 15 3 □ 6’s 18 3 □ 7’s 21 3 □ 8’s 24 3 □ 9’s 27 3 □10’s 30

12. Let’s go fishing for the threes! Hold up your fishing pole. Skip count by casting, reeling in, and reciting the multiples of three with each movement: “3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30” cast reel cast reel cast reel cast reel cast reel out in out in out in out in out in Grab your fishin’ line, hold it up, and say, “Got ‘em!”

13. The Fighter Fours Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

16. 4 □ 1’s 4 4 □ 2’s 8 4 □ 3’s 12 4 □ 4’s 16 4 □ 5’s 20 4 □ 6’s 24 4 □ 7’s 28 4 □ 8’s 32 4 □ 9’s 36 4 □10’s 40

17. Skip count by making a fist with both hands and punching the air for each product. Begin with your left fist and recite as you punch the air: “4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40” left right left right left right left right left right punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch Now, thumb your nose like a professional boxer.

18. The Marching Fives Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

21. 5 □ 1’s 5 5 □ 2’s 10 5 □ 3’s 15 5 □ 4’s 20 5 □ 5’s 25 5 □ 6’s 30 5 □ 7’s 35 5 □ 8’s 40 5 □ 9’s 45 5 □10’s 50

22. Skip count by marching with the fives. Sitting in your desk, begin to march and recite:“Left, right, left. Left, right, left, and….”“5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50”left right left right left right left right left right foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot “Salute!”

23. The Jazzy Sixes Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

26. 6 □ 1’s 6 6 □ 2’s 12 6 □ 3’s 18 6 □ 4’s 24 6 □ 5’s 30 6 □ 6’s 36 6 □ 7’s 42 6 □ 8’s 48 6 □ 9’s 54 6 □ 10’s 60

27. Skip count the sixes by snapping your fingers on either your right or left hand. Begin by nodding your head, snapping your fingers, and reciting: (- means a slight pause) “6 – 12 and 18 - ; 24 - 30 and 36 - ; 42 - 48 and 54 - ; a 60” “Oh, yea!” Continue to snap your fingers while nodding your head.

28. The Encore Sevens Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

31. 7 □ 1’s 7 7 □ 2’s 14 7 □ 3’s 21 7 □ 4’s 28 7 □ 5’s 35 7 □ 6’s 42 7 □ 7’s 49 7 □ 8’s 56 7 □ 9’s 63 7 □10’s 70

32. Skip count by clapping the syllables while reciting the multiples of seven. Sev-en four-teen twen-ty-one twen-ty-eight thir-ty-five for-ty-two clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap for-ty-nine fif-ty-six six-ty-three sev-en-ty! Encore! Encore!” clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

33. The Waving Eights Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

36. 8 □ 1’s 8 8 □ 2’s 16 8 □ 3’s 24 8 □ 4’s 32 8 □ 5’s 40 8 □ 6’s 48 8 □ 7’s 56 8 □ 8’s 64 8 □ 9’s 72 8 □10’s 80

37. Skip count by waving the products of 8. Begin to wave your left hand, then your right hand by saying: “Ready, and…” “8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80” “Hello “Good Bye” left right wave wave

38. The Barbell Nines Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

41. 9 □ 1’s 9 9 □ 2’s 18 9 □ 3’s 27 9 □ 4’s 36 9 □ 5’s 45 9 □ 6’s 54 9 □ 7’s 63 9 □ 8’s 72 9 □ 9’s 81 9 □10’s 90

42. Reach for the pretend barbells on your desk. With each hand holding a barbell, lift and lower the barbells to skip count the multiples of 9. “9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90” Wipe your brow and say “Whew!”

43. The Jump Rope Tens Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

46. 10 □ 1’s 10 10 □ 2’s 20 10 □ 3’s 30 10 □ 4’s 40 10 □ 5’s 50 10 □ 6’s 60 10 □ 7’s 70 10 □ 8’s 80 10 □ 9’s 90 10 □10’s 100

47. Pretend to hold a jump rope. Swing it as if you’re jumping rope and recite: “Jump-in’ to the tens - In time with my friends. Read-y and, 10, 20, 30 – Learn your facts ear-ly. 40, 50, 60 – Don’t waste your time, be thrif-ty. 70, 80 90 – No time to be whi-ny – Now you’ll get that hundred on the facts’ test today!” (Now throw the rope down, and dust off your hands.)

48. The Stretchin’ Elevens Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.