Subject:           Math                                                                           Grade: 3

 

Standard: #2 Computation (Multiplication)

 

Key Concept: Multiplication is repeated addition

 

Generalization: Students will be able to multiply single digit numbers.  They will know and be able to use the Five’s Multiplication Facts.  

 

Background: Students will understand the concept of multiplication as repeated addition. The two’s timetable will have been mastered.

 

Tiered in process

 

Tiered according to readiness          

 

Tier I: Students will use cut out cars on the flannel board to create 5’s multiplication.

          Example: Students will use cut out cars of two rows of five cars to show 2x5.

            They will demonstrate 8 facts.

 

Tier II: Students will use graph paper and a crayon to chart facts using the 5’s timetable.

            Example: Students will color 2 rows of five blocks to show 2x5.

 

Tier III: Students will write a story problem using the 5’s multiplication facts and also write a number sentence to show how it should be solved.

 

Assessment: Teacher observation for correctness of each Tier will be used for assessment.  Students will explain multiplication as repeated addition.