Multiplication

ISBN # 0-590-30012-1 See vocabulary activities
 * Title: Multiplication **
 * Subject Area ** : Multiplication, Math
 * Grade Level ** : 3/4
 * Text Connection: **
 * //Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story// ** by Cindy Neuschwander, Scholastic Press, 1998,
 * Vocabulary: ** Multiplication Vocabulary Cards


 * Activity #1: Multiplication Bingo Game **

1. Each student creates a multiplication bingo board. Start by reading off this list of numbers. Students can write these numbers anywhere on the board. 25, 36, 42, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 49, 30, 35, 40, 45, 48, 81, 72, 54, 56, 64, 63 2. Separate the deck of playing cards so that you are only using the cards with the numbers 4-9. Shuffle the cards. 3. Turn over the first two cards. Students have to multiply these together and mark the answer on the answer board. You can either do this silently (more advanced) or as a group if this is a complicated task and students need help with facts. 4. Play continues until someone gets 4 markers in a row on the gameboard and calls “bingo”.
 * Materials ** : Multiplication Bingo Boards for each student, bingo markers, a deck of playing cards
 * Procedure: ** Read the book together, taking time to talk about the story and the information as it relates to multiplication. Ask questions through the process to be sure that the student understands what multiplication is. Students should understand that multiplication is useful when adding up or multiplying groups of the same numbers. When you are finished reading the book, play this game to reinforce multiplication facts. Choose a vocabulary activity to reinforce meaning.
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 * Activity #2 Fact War **

1. Sort out cards from the deck with numbers 2-10. Shuffle. Divide the cards so that each student gets an equal number of cards. They put their piles facedown on the table in front of them. 2. Students turn cards over one at a time. The student who calls out the answer first gets the cards. 3. Game is over when one student has all of the cards.
 * Materials: ** a deck of playing cards (cards 2-10)
 * Procedure: ** Read the book together, taking time to talk about the story and the information as it relates to multiplication. Ask questions through the process to be sure that the student understands what multiplication is. When you are finished reading the book, play this game to reinforce multiplication facts. Choose a vocabulary activity to reinforce meaning.
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 * Activity #3 Which is More? **

1. Cut out cards and pass out all the cards to students so that they have an equal number. They should place them facedown in front of themselves. 2. One at a time, each student turns over his top card. They read it out loud and need to figure out which story problem multiplication fact has more. The player with the card that has the highest product takes all of the cards. If there is a tie with the products, have players put down another set of cards to see which is the highest product and the winner of that hand takes all of the cards for that turn. 3. The winner is the person who collects all of the cards.
 * Materials: ** Multiplication-Which is More cards
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 * Additional resources: **
 * // Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book //** by Paul Giganti, Mulberry Books, 1992, ISBN# 0-688-13985-x
 * // The Best of Times //** by Greg Tang, Scholastic, Inc., 2002, ISBN# 0-439-52918-2
 * // Sea Squares //** by Joy N. Hulme, Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 1991, ISBN # 978-156282520-1