TEKS 3.4E: Representing Multiplication Facts
Represent Multiplication Facts
About this lesson
Learning Target: I can represent multiplication facts using a variety of strategies.
Focuses On:
- Multiplication Strategies: Repeated Addition, Equal-Sized Groups, Arrays, Area Models, Number Lines, and Skip Counting
Builds On:
2.6A:
Model, create, and describe contextual multiplication situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined
Next Level:
3.4K:
Solve one-step and two-step problems involving multiplication and division within 100 using strategies based on objects; pictorial models, including arrays, area models, and equal groups; properties of operations; or recall facts
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This lesson is designed to support student understand of various multiplication strategies available to solve multiplication fluency problems. Students use many different models and strategies to solve problems.
There are two instructional blocks in this lesson. The first instructional block focuses on repeated addition and skip counting and the second instructional block focuses on arrays and equal groups.
In the first instructional block, students use both skip counting and repeated addition to help visualize the number of groups and create multiplication facts.
The second instructional block focuses on using arrays and equal groups to visualize the number of items in each group and to build multiplication facts from those models.
Scaffolds and supports such as pictorial representations and models are intentionally built throughout the lesson to support conceptual learning.
Grade 3MathTEKS 3.4E