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Enhancing Multiplication Skills Through Critical Thinking and Gameplay

This lesson plan aims to deepen third graders' understanding of multiplication by exploring whole numbers and patterns in the place value system. Students will engage in critical thinking by considering how a different number system might work if humans had twenty fingers instead of ten. Activities include a warm-up memory game with multiplication rules and various strategies to master multiplication facts. The lesson also includes practice at home and online resources for reinforcing skills, ensuring a fun and engaging way to learn mathematics.

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Enhancing Multiplication Skills Through Critical Thinking and Gameplay

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  1. Multiplication Jared and Jessie

  2. Critical Thinking • How do patterns in our place value system assist in comparing whole numbers? (Whole numbers are numbers that do not have a decimal) • How might the most commonly used number system be different if humans had twenty fingers instead of ten? • Why was multiplication invented? Why not just add?

  3. Warm-up Memory Game • Rules • There will be two stacks, do not mix up the stacks. • Mix each stack separate and neatly spread each stack out with cards facing down. • Then begin to flip one card from each stack over and play memory.

  4. Lessons • Multiplication rules • Even x Even • Odd x Odd • Even x Odd • Using a multiplication table • Handy tricks for certain numbers • The zero • The ones • The twos • The fives • The nines • The tens • The elevens

  5. Multiplication Table

  6. Other Practice • To do at home or with extra free time in class • http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/snowys-friend • Play together as a class, groups of 2 to 4 • http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/grand-prix

  7. Standard • Content Area: MathematicsGrade Level Expectations: Third GradeStandard: 1. Number Sense, Properties, and Operations • Concepts and skills students master:1. The whole number system describes place value relationships and forms the foundation for efficient algorithms

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