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Lesson Objectives:

The student will be able to …

-Identify multiplication and division equations with corresponding solutions using numbers 1-12.

-Retain times tables using multiplication and division problems with repetitive practice.

 

Instructional Technique:

The students will work individually on this assignment. Each student will experiment with the website by demonstrating their own individual multiplication and division skills by playing each assigned game along with recording their results.

 

Instructional Materials:

Website: www.mathplayground.com/math_monster_multiplication.html

Corresponding Multiplication Worksheet

Corresponding Division Worksheet

 

Theoretical Perspective:

For students to understand and demonstrate how multiplication and division relate to other math operations such as addition and subtraction. It’s important for students to be able to solve and understand how these math sequences are used and can serve as a tool for future math problems. Furthermore, it is important for students to understand multiplication and division in order for them to apply these facts to the real world.

 

Procedure: (As a teacher, what will you and the students do.)

A. Introductory Activity: Monster Multiplication and Division Warm Up Worksheet

B. Step-by-step:

  1. The teacher will introduce the activity with a Warm Up Worksheet. Students will complete 1 multiplication problem and 1 division problem with a partner. The students will be able to use blocks to help them solve the problems.
  2. Next the teacher will have students get a laptop and log onto http://www.mathplayground.com/math_monster_multiplication.html
  3. The students will choose grade 3 and pick a number between 1 and 12 to practice their multiplication and division skills.
  4. The students will write down each problem on the handout provided by the teacher and put a star next to the problems they answer incorrectly.
  5. The teacher will walk around and check in with each student to see what progress they have made, and what trouble if any they are having with the problems.
  6. The teacher will conclude the assignment by instructing the students to sign off of the website. The students who got problems wrong will be assigned to correct the for homework.

 

C. Closure: At the end of the game students will record their scoring results on their worksheets. If a student answered any problems wrong then they will record that equation(s) and complete them on the worksheet showing their work for a homework assignment.

 

D. Adaptations for different learners: The teacher will accommodate this lesson for students who are math phobic by allowing them to use the warm up blocks while they are playing the assigned math game. If they have trouble answering the questions then the blocks will be provided as a visual reference to them so they can count the problems out.


Evaluation:

A. How / when will you determine if you have met your objectives?

The teacher will know if the students have met the objectives if they have completed all the multiplication and division problems accurately, or if the students can explain their mistakes with problems they did not answer correctly.

 

B. Concerns or questions you have about teaching this lesson?

-One of the concerns for this lesson is that students may continuously click the answers without trying to answer the problem with the least amount of errors possible. This may conclude inaccurate results. The teacher will follow up with this by evaluating the results and assign the student homework to correct their errors on paper so the teacher can see their work and corrections.