Monday, April 11, 2016

MULTIPLICATION: LESSON 1 -AREA MODELS/ARRAYS

HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS CAN YOU SHOW 3 X 5?

Students worked in groups to come up with as many different ways as they could collectively think of.






As groups showed us their work, I recorded their ideas.  This is what we came up with:

TODAY WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON AREA MODELS/ARRAYS


We loved this song to help illustrate the strategy and put us in the Grove mood! We sang and groved along.

Then, of course, we did some GROVE MATH!!!




THIS WAS OUR SONG:


Afterwards, we practiced using the area model, on white boards, to help us with multiplication.





A LITTLE INSPIRATION FOR TOMORROW'S GROVE MATH WHEN WE GROUP INTO MORE ARRAYS!


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