Grade 3 · Math · Unit
Starting Multiplication
5 lessonsabout 3 weeks
The unit ends with three more days: a review day, the unit check, and a day to act on what the check showed.
Unit 2 of 8 in the Grade 3 Math Scope and Sequence
What's included in this unit
- 5 lessons in teaching order, each with its objective and a teacher note
- 24 practice pages to print, with an easier and a harder page where available
- 2 classroom tools for the projector
- 5 activities and pages that children do on a screen
- 5 check-up pages to collect
- A worksheet maker for every lesson, for the day you need one more page
The whole unit in one file
Print every page of the unit at once, with the teacher guide first. The guide has one page per lesson: the objective, what to hand out, and the teacher note.
The unit file, the teacher guide, and saved pages are included with the Teacher plan.
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Lessons
Lesson 1
Multiplication as equal groups
Children read a picture of equal groups or an array, finish the multiplication, and find the total.
- StandardCommon Core 3.OA.A.1Operations and Algebraic Thinking
3 class days
- Day 1Teach: The Baking Tray · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
- Day 3Reteach and extend: Act on the check-up pages: reteach the children who are not there yet, with the tool and a new page from the maker; the others take a harder page.
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Tricky Groups
Big Arrays
Practice on screen
Lesson 2
Multiplication hops
Children show a multiplication as equal hops from zero on a number line and write the number where each hop lands.
- StandardCommon Core 3.OA.A.1Operations and Algebraic Thinking
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Multiplication Hops
Practice on screen
Lesson 3
Turn the array around
Children see that an array turned on its side shows the same total, and write both multiplication equations.
- StandardCommon Core 3.OA.B.5Operations and Algebraic Thinking
3 class days
- Day 1Teach: The Folding Wall · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
- Day 3Reteach and extend: Act on the check-up pages: reteach the children who are not there yet, with the tool and a new page from the maker; the others take a harder page.
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Flip It Around
Practice on screen
Lesson 4
Multiplication facts for 2 and 5
Children write the products for the 2 and 5 times tables and practice a mix of multiplication facts.
- StandardCommon Core 3.OA.C.7Operations and Algebraic Thinking
3 class days
- Day 1Teach: The Baking Tray · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
- Day 3Reteach and extend: Act on the check-up pages: reteach the children who are not there yet, with the tool and a new page from the maker; the others take a harder page.
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Times Table of 2
Times Table of 5
Times Tables Practice
Practice on screen
Lesson 5
Number machines
Children use the rule printed on a number machine, such as + 7, − 4, or × 5, to fill in the missing numbers going in and coming out.
- StandardCommon Core 3.OA.D.9Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Prepares forCommon Core 4.OA.C.5Operations and Algebraic Thinking
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Number Machines
Practice on screen
Unit check: before and after
Two short paper checks made from this unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it, and you can see what changed. Each part belongs to one lesson.
- Part 1: Lesson 1, Multiplication as equal groups (2 tasks)
- Part 2: Lesson 3, Turn the array around (1 task)
- Part 3: Lesson 4, Multiplication facts for 2 and 5 (2 tasks)
Not in the check: Lesson 2, Lesson 5. Worksheets that cannot be split into single tasks are left out.
Printing a check counts as a download, like any worksheet.
The answer keys and the teacher pages come with the paid Teacher plan.
This is a classroom check of this unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.