Lesson Plan – Introducing Multiplication

The teacher will introduce the multiplication concept by helping students write addition equations representing the multiplication problem.

The teacher will guide students in interpreting the products of whole numbers.

Standard: 3.OA.A.1

The teacher will read from the class text, Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Developmentally Appropriate Instruction for Grade PreK-2, to help the students understand basic multiplication concepts and how to solve related problems.

The students will familiarize themselves with word phrases that express multiplication, including times, multiplied by, product of, twice, and triple.

The statement will help students understand what is expected of them in a given problem.

Art Center

The teacher will give students arrays to build different patterns representing the multiplication equations to help them solve the problems.

The teacher will use direct instruction strategies to demonstrate to the students how to compute the problem. Using direct instruction helps the teacher assign problems to the students to manage.

The teacher will teach the students how to use different representations, such as drawings and arrays, to solve word problems within 100.

Standard: 3.OA.A.3

The students will solve word problems by representing the problems using arrays.

For instance, There are three baskets, and each has five apples. How many apples are there altogether?

Students will also understand different expressions that mean multiplication, for example

8*2, 8 . 2, (8)(2), 8×2

Block Center

The students will interact with different blocks and objects to arrange numbers in multiplication problems, easing the computation by counting the total blocks.

The teacher will use a multisensory teaching strategy to accommodate the learners’ different learning styles and preferences (Syahputri, 2019). Students with auditory processing disorders can learn through visual strategy.

The teacher will demonstrate how to identify the missing number in multiplication equations comprising three whole numbers.

Standard: 3.OA.A.4

The students will compute the multiplication equations by grouping the numbers in the equations using blocks to determine the missing number.

The students will be acquainted with the information that repeated additions mean the multiplication of the number by the number of added times.

For instance;

4+4+4+4+4 is equal to 5 x 4

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Writing Center

The students will compute the problems using different drawings and explanations, for instance, by representing numbers with sticks and the number of times presented and then summing them together.

The teacher will incorporate technology in the classroom through gamification to foster an interactive learning atmosphere. Students engage in games that challenge each other to give the right answer to become victorious.

The teacher will introduce the commutative property of multiplication by showing students how to build arrays to represent two different multiplication problems with the same products (Van de Walle, p. 162).

Standard: 3.OA.B.5

The students will arrange arrays in different presentations that the multiplication problem can demonstrate.

The students should understand the commutative concepts, such that 3 x 4 is not equal to 4 x 3.

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Dramatic Play

The teacher will set up a grocery workshop for students to practice selling and buying items as presented in the word problems.

The teacher will promote teamwork, while students will work in small groups to share ideas, promoting their social skills and improving their knowledge capacity.

The teacher will help the students memorize the math table to understand the products of two on-digit numbers.

Standard: 3.OA.C.7

The students will read the math table to understand the product of multiplication of two numbers. The students will also recite the rhythm given by the teacher to help them memorize the table.

The students will memorize the multiplicands, multipliers, and products of different numbers.

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Music Center

The teacher will guide the students in composing memorable tunes to recall the math table.

The teacher will act as a facilitator, demonstrating how to solve problems and allowing the students to exercise the skills acquired. The teacher will assess students’ performance and make effective recommendations to improve their understanding.

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Reading Center

The students will engage in story reading to understand how multiplication word problems are presented.