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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.
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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.

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Online manipulatives bring all of the learning and fun without the mess. Our math virtual manipulatives help students grasp abstract concepts through modeling. Literacy virtual manipulatives create a fun space for practicing spelling, rhyming, and more!

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Original teaching tools aimed at supporting teachers in the elementary school classroom. Two color counters, 3D dice, probability spinners, graph builders, fraction bars, base ten blocks, and more!

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From Number Lines to Base Ten, Pattern Blocks to Place Value, Disks our collection of free Virtual Manipulatives gives educators and families access to visual and hands-on digital resources that lead to understanding. Students can use these resources in class and at home to practice math concepts, reinforce their growing math understanding, technology they love in the process.

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Demonstrate key math concepts in your classroom using our new virtual manipulatives!

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Moving Beyond Memorization_ Fact Fluency August 2022

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These beautiful flash cards use spaced repetition to teach multiplication facts. Achieve fluency with just five minutes of practice per day!

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Visit the Game Levels section on the instructional PDF on how the interactive explores multiplication facts up to 12 x 12.

Instructional Guide

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This interactive is tagged to the following Common Core State Standards:

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Become confident in facts up to 12 x 12 using visual models that stress the conceptual aspects of multiplication.

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Students will solve basic multiplication facts using their understanding of multiplication arrays in this interactive math game. Geared toward a third-grade math ability level, this online math activity will challenge students to use arrays to solve multiplication facts. The math problems in this activity are presented in fill-in-the-blank format and multiple-choice format.

Here are a few examples of the math problems children may be asked to solve in this third grade multiplication activity: "Write a multiplication fact for the array below," for which students will type "4 x 4 = 16" in the answer box; "Which set of objects shows an array?" for which students will choose the correct answer from the options shown; or a word problem, "Luke and Alison collected rocks on the beach. When they got home, they set them up on the table in 8 rows. Each row had 8 rocks. How many rocks did they collect?" for which students will type in the answer, "64."

If students need a little extra help solving one of the math problems, they can click on the "Hint" button. They will be shown a helpful hint in the form of a multiplication array or written clue that will point them in the right direction without giving away the answer. When students answer a question incorrectly, a detailed explanation page will show them the correct answer accompanied by an easy-to-understand explanation.

This third grade multiplication game, as well as all the math activities on iKnowIt.com, includes built in features to help children make the most of their math practice session. For example, the progress-tracker in the upper-right corner of the practice screen shows children how many questions they have answered out of the total number of questions in the lesson. The score-tracker beneath that allows students to see how many points they have achieved for answering questions correctly. Opposite, the speaker icon indicates the read-aloud feature. Students can click on this button to hear the question read out loud to them in a clear voice. It's an excellent resource for ESL/ELL students and children who are auditory processors. All of our lesson features were designed with your students' success in mind.

Whether you are an elementary teacher, homeschool educator, or school administrator, we're hoping you will love using the I Know It math practice program in your elementary education journey! Teachers enjoy integrating our program into their math lessons alongside a comprehensive curriculum for additional practice and concept reinforcement. The I Know It website features hundreds of math practice activities for students from kindergarten through fifth grade. Each of our math lessons has been written by accredited elementary math teachers just like you to meet at least one (often more) Common Core Standard. Math activities are arranged on our website by grade level and topic, making it easy for you to find and assign lessons in just a few clicks.

Children, too, love using the I Know It online math program to sharpen their math skills. When kids practice multiplication with arrays using this fun, engaging activity, we're sure they will love the adorable, animated characters waiting to cheer them on in their math practice! The bright, kid-friendly design of our math lessons engages and delights, and plenty of positive feedback messages encourage students to "Keep going!" even when they make mistakes. As a bonus, kids can earn math awards to add to their virtual trophy case for each new skill mastered in their practice sessions. Learning math skills is fun and exciting with I Know It!

We hope you and your third-grade students will love practicing multiplication with arrays in this interactive math game! Be sure to check out the hundreds of other 3rd grade math lessons we have available on our website as well.

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Your I Know It membership unlocks our website's handy administrative tools. You can access these features in your administrator account. They help you create a class roster for all your students, assign unique login credentials to each of your students, give different math practice assignments to individual students, view your students' math practice progress with detailed reports, change basic lesson settings, print, download, and email student progress reports, and much more.

When your students log into the I Know It website using their unique username and password, they will be shown a kid-friendly version of the homepage. From here they will be able to quickly find and access the math activities you have assigned to them for practice. If you choose to give them the option through your administrator account, your students can also explore other math lessons at their grade level and beyond for an added challenge or extra practice. Grade levels in the student mode of I Know It are labeled with letters instead of numbers, making it easy for you to assign math lessons based on each child's needs and skill level.

This online math lesson is classified as Level C. It may be ideal for a third-grade class.

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Students will represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.

Basic Multiplication (0-10) (Level C)
In this third grade-level math lesson, students will solve basic multiplication facts with factors from 0 to 10. Questions are presented in fill-in-the-blank format and multiple-choice format.

Basic Multiplication (0-5) (Level C)
In this math lesson geared toward third-grade, students will practice basic multiplication with factors from 0 to 5. Questions are presented in fill-in-the-blank format.

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Multiplication With Arrays (Math Practice)

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Answer questions about multiplication with arrays. Each problem includes a graphical question, helpful hint, and an easy-to-understand explanation. 3rd Grade.

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Children's literature can be a great way to introduce math concepts. Check out this list of books about multiplication!

Today I'm sharing a big collection of books that you can use to introduce and reinforce multiplication.

Minnie's Diner, by Dayle Ann Dodds

In this silly book, the McFay boys have a hard time doing their farm work - because the wonderful smells from Minnie's Diner are too strong. The boys come to the diner one at a time, from the youngest to the oldest. Each boy has double the amount of food of the brother before him. It's a great book for teaching the concept of multiplication through doubling.

The King's Chessboard, by David Birch

While this book teaches an important lesson (that pride can get in the way of good judgment), it's also an incredible math lesson. The king offers the wise man a reward, but the man refuses. When the king insists, the man relents. He asks for one grain of rice for each square on the king's chessboard, doubled each day. Kids will be amazed at how quickly the amount multiplies... emptying the king's storehouses!

The King's Commissioners, by Aileen Friedman

While I wouldn't call this a very engaging book, it's useful for teaching students about skip counting (2's, 5's, and 10's) - and, by extension, multiplication. I recommend it as a read aloud for grades 2-4.

The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Multiplication Book, by Jerry Pallotta

The concept of this book is very good - using a chocolate bar to teach multiplication using arrays. But on each page, the author also includes references to particular styles of art. Frankly, it's confusing, and detracts from the math lesson. If you'd like to introduce multiplication with Hershey bars, use this book as a reference as you plan your lesson. But I wouldn't recommend it as a read aloud.

Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do! by Stuart J. Murphy

It's Kangaroo's birthday, but no one will play with him. They have too many things to do! As it turns out, they're using multiplication to figure out how many things they have to finish before Kangaroo's birthday surprise. This is a great introduction to multiplication and could lead to many fun math extensions (there are some great ideas at the end of the book).

Breakfast at Danny's Diner, by Judith Bauer Stamper

This is a (very) simple chapter book about multiplication. I like how it integrates multiplication into the work that Tony and Tina are doing at their uncle's diner. However, the book feels too long and too involved for an introduction to multiplication. It would be best for kids to read on their own after they have some experience with their times tables.

The Best of Times, by Greg Tang

The theme of this book is that you can break multiplication problems down into simpler pieces and then put the pieces together to get the answers. For example, to mulitply eight:
Eight is very much like four,
Simply double but once more.
Since 2 times 2 times 2 is 8,
Doubling three times works just great!

I love the concept, but I don't think the book will simply multiplication for kids who are struggling. It's probably best for strong math students who like to look at things in a different way.

That said, I like the way the book doesn't just focus on memorization, but teaches kids to problem solve. I think it's important that kids have math fluency with their facts, but it's also important that they see where those answers come from.

The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street, by Carol A. Losi

This fun story teaches the concept of doubling, which you can use as an introduction to multiplication. In this rhyming tale, a family brings a basket of goodies for a picnic. But ants (and more and more ants!) keep taking their food. First we have 1 ant, then 2, then 4, then 8, etc.

What I love most about this book is that it has extension activities in the back by renowned math educator, Marilyn Burns. Highly recommended!

Count on Pablo, by Barbara deRubertis

In this simple and engaging story, a boy helps his abuela pick wash, and count out garden produce to take to market. While you could definitely use this book to teach skip counting (2's, 5's, and 10's), it can also be used to introduce multiplication facts.

Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream, by Cindy Neuschwander

Amanda Bean counts anything and everything - but she doesn't want to learn multiplication. It's only when she has a crazy dream that she becomes ready to learn a new way of counting - multiplication.

This book helps kids understand why multiplication is useful (it's fast counting) and how it relates to the world. I love, love, love the extensions in the back by math educator Marilyn Burns.

Bats on Parade, by Kathi Appelt

This rhyming book features a parade of bats who march down the street in varying groups. The piccolos are in two lines of two (2 x 2 = 4). The flute players march three by three (3 x 3 = 9), and so on. I didn't find the story all that engaging, but it does a great job with the concepts of multiplication and arrays.

Sea Squares, by Joy N. Hulme

I would use this book with kids who have a beginning understanding of multiplication. Have them look at each 2-page spread and write the corresponding multiplication fact.

For example...
Eight eight-legged octopuses kicking the ocean,
Stirring up the currents in a watery commotion.
8 "octos" on the ocean floor
Have scrambled legs, 64.
Your students would write: 8 x 8 = 64

This is a funny and entertaining book that teaches kids the multiplication facts through 5 through a set of spooky (not scary) stories. For example, in teaching kids to multiply by zero, two witches' cats are talking about how their witches multiply things by zero to make them disappear.

It might be a bit tough for a whole class read aloud because there are many pictures per page, and the story is told through word bubbles. But if you can make it work with a group, I highly recommend it!

Stacks of Trouble, by Martha F. Brenner

In this book, Mike hides dirty dishes instead of washing them. He uses multiplication to figure out how many dishes are being used. It has a good concept, but I found the story a bit hard to follow. It wouldn't be my first choice.

Each Orange Had 8 Slices, by Paul Giganti, Jr.

I would use this book for children already familiar with multiplication. You could put it at a math center and have students record the answers for the problems on each page.

For example, the first page says the following:

"On my way to the playground I saw 3 red flowers. Each red flower had 6 pretty petals. Each petal had 2 tiny bugs. How many read flowers were there? How many pretty petals were there? How many tiny black bugs were there?"

Kids could write the following answers:

1 - 3 red flowers
2 - 3 x 6 = 18 petals
3 - 18 x 2 = 36 tiny black bugs

Another challenge could be writing different ways to solve each problem. For example, kids could figure out how many tiny bugs there are by counting by 2's.

Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar, by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

This is a book that teaches the advanced math concept of factorials in a natural and obvious way. That said, I do not recommend this book as an introduction to multiplication or for young listeners ... unless they are fascinated by math and problem solving. You may feel differently, though, so check it out and see what you think.

Arctic Fives Arrive, by Elinor J. Pinczes

In this delightful rhyming book, polar animals come together at the top of an iceberg - five at a time. While this book is ideal for teaching skip counting by 5's, you can easily take it one step further and teach beginning multiplication.

Multiplying Menace, by Pam Culvert

Rumplestiltskin returns, demanding the queen's child in this fractured fairytale. When he doesn't get what he demands, Rumplestiltskin wreaks havoc with his magic multiplying wand. Later, the queen's son multiplies by fractions to reverse the mess.

I think the book may be a bit too complex for introducing multiplication, but it's a clever story.

How Do You Count a Dozen Ducklings? by In Seon Chae

When Mama Duck's eggs hatch, she counts twelve ducklings. How will she keep track of so many? Her solution is to sort them into lines - such as two lines of six. "Six times two." Then she groups them into four sets of three ducks. "Four times three." And on it goes. This is a sweet story and a great introduction to the concept of multiplication.

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These mini-games offer a fun way for students to practice the division facts up to 12. Similar to the Multiplication facts mini games they allow the students to practice one table at a time. 10 mini-game boards are included.

Material

One 6 face dice

Color pencils, a different color for each player

Place markers

Each mini-board has 2 sets of numbers. The inner colored rectangle contains the dividends and the outer contains the quotients. The number in the middle is the divisor. The players move around the inner rectangle and mark/color numbers on the outer one. They place their place marker on the smallest number on the inner rectangle (the same number as the divisor), roll the dice, and move. When a player lands on a number they divide it by the number in the middle. Then they find the quotient/answer on the outer rectangle and mark/color it with their color. After a few turns, many of the answers will be taken so you might not find an answer for each turn. In this case, you just patiently wait for your next turn.

The first player to mark/color four tiles connected wins. (corners count) The players can stop each other from winning by coloring tiles that come in their way of connecting 4. For a longer game, you can continue until all the tiles are colored and count at the end to see who got the most tiles.

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Math Matters @ SGDSB - Math Talk Prompts & Resources

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"Asking good questions and encouraging students to build on one another's thinking gives students voice and enables them to become more critical thinkers in mathematics." (Making Space for Students to Think Mathematically, 2015) Each of the prompts and resources below can be used to help teachers

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At Inside Mathematics, we've assembled multiple ways for educators to begin to transform their teaching practices. Problems of the Month The Problems of the Month are non-routine math problems designed to be used schoolwide to promote a problem-solving theme at your school.

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