Teaching and Relating Multiplication and Division

Teaching and Relating 

Multiplication and Division

 Materials

  Unifix Cubes

  Construction paper squares to represent “groups”

Directions:

Choose the set of math facts that your students have not yet mastered. (If you are just starting out your math fact journey, 2, 5, or 10s are easier patterns). For my first lesson, we worked on twos.

I introduced the lesson by reading the story, “Two of Everything” by: Lily Toy Hong.

An amusing discussion about what we would put into the “magic pot” ensued!

Then we quickly reviewed some double addition facts using these examples.

Then I showed what each of these examples would look like as a multiplication fact, representing them with unifix cubes and construction paper to show 2 groups of __ . The students quickly caught on that for each of these examples, there were only two construction paper squares because we were always doubling.

I threw some problems out to the group to represent with their own set of construction paper squares and unifix cubes. 

This lesson was engaging for the students, so they remembered our work even when the lesson was over! 

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Happy Teaching!

 

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Discussions in Math Class

  I had a small group of students that were struggling to master multiplication facts. They might recall the facts one day, but fail to retain them the next. We went back to the beginning and I taught them the "easy" patterns (0, 1, 2, 5 and 10s!) and had done a variety of activities with these facts. However, it was time for something new. I had them pull out their flash cards and sort them. Then we talked about it. I had a few "Oh!”s and a couple of “Ah-huh!”s so I knew we were finally on the right track. 

A copy of the lesson for this activity is available here: 

Multiply and Divide by Ten: Sort and Discuss

This is a great activity to support your work with multiplication and division. Students will need to have a fair understanding in the foundation concepts of multiplication and understand there is a link between multiplication and division. (I like to teach the two concepts together!)

      This activity is designed to help students see the patterns that exist in basic math facts and use this understanding to increase their math fact fluency.

      The Sort and Discuss is designed to have students sorting their math facts, then stopping for discussion to facilitate a deeper understanding of the patterns they see. Therefore, the group should work together. Remind students not to skip ahead to the next step, but rather stay with the group and participate in the discussions.

Discussions solidify understanding!