Use this fun, digital interactive activity to review multiplication fact patterns. This paperless math activity includes a hundreds chart where students use moveable counters to skip count by numbers. For example, highlight the multiples of 5 and discuss what patterns you see. Then enter what pattens you notice on the text box to the right.
*This page contains an affiliate link. Third grade students begin learning about multiplication by building simple arrays. Students then begin to break apart large arrays into smaller arrays. This helps with understanding the distributive property of multiplication. Hands-On Math Activity The following picture shows how you can use ten-frames (affiliate link) to build arrays. Notice
Last week I helped you introduce division to your third graders. Click here to view that blog post. Today, Let’s look at division strategies for your fourth or fifth graders. 1. Use Manipulatives! You may be tempted to skip this step, but it’s crucial for students to start at the concrete stage in order to
In this blog post I will share with you division strategies, example activities, and a free printable that you can use with your third grade students. Start with word problems! Why? It is very important to introduce division using word problems. This is a great opportunity for students to visualize what is happening and to
In third grade students are expected to identify arithmetic patterns in a multiplication table. A multiplication table is great, but it gives students all the information. A hundreds chart is a better way to get students engaged in this process as they skip count to find the multiples of a number. This free Multiplication Patterns
Students are introduced to multiplication in third grade. Everything is very hands-on and visuals are used to represent these math facts. They may include the following: equal groups repeated addition sentences number lines for skip counting arrays But what happens when students have a difficult time with simple skip counting? You may notice that these