Multiplication Olivia Assmann

Question Essential Question: Unit Question: Be able to complete all basic multiplication from 1 to 12. Unit Question: Use the multiplication tables learned to answer words problems.

TEKS 111.11. Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics, Grades K-5. 111.15. Mathematics, Grade 3. (b) Knowledge and Skills (4) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student recognizes and solves problems in multiplication and division situations. The student is expected to: (A) learn and apply multiplication facts through 12 by 12 using concrete models and objects; (B) Solve and record multiplication problems (up to two digits times one digit; and (C) use models to solve division problems and use number sentences to record the solutions.

What Skills I Want My Students to Master Basic multiplication skills. Using multiplication skills learned to answer word problems. Be able to quickly answer multiplication questions written out as tests.

Level of Activities based on Bloom’s Taxonomy The level of Bloom’s Taxonomy that the activities will cover are Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, and Synthesize. The knowledge level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is achieved/covered in the students using a series of methods to memorize the times tables. The comprehension level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is achieved/covered in the students expressing their knowledge of the tables through means of performing a drama. The application level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is achieved/covered in the students illustrating an example of their knowledge of the times tables. The analysis level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is achieved/covered in the students using learned methods of checking their answers and backtracking to ensure that they completed the multiplication problems correctly. The classroom multiplication book falls under the category of Synthesize, because together the students would be developing, designing, and combining a book.

Strategies for the Individual, Small Group, or Class Instruction Practice tests of randomized multiplication questions. Have the students assemble times tables on graph paper. Use small colored objects/toys to help students develop multiplication skills. Students would divide into groups and each group write a page on instructions/tricks for one of the numbers (multiples) of the times tables they learned; after all groups finish, the pages would be put together and assembled in order (0x tables to 12x tables) as a book and copies of the books made and given to each student. The students would create cartoons and/or create a dramatization to be performed, displaying a story that shows how to multiply certain numbers.

References/Credits http://www.multiplication.com/