Multiplication help

Multiplication Properties Anchor Chart by Mrs. P, for fourth or fifth grade math. Commutative, Associative (my favorite), Distributive, Identity, and Zero Properties.

Teaching strategies for understanding multiplication isn't enough. Students need to also be taught multiplication shortcuts so they can learn their facts!

Monday, September 23, 2013 Today students studied the meaning of multiplication. We took notes that included ways to show multiplication: Students also used color tiles to create arrays from multiplication facts that I showed them on the board. Here is a copy of tonight's Homework (due Wednesday 9/25, click to download)... just in case you weren't able to obtain it from the database.

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If your child is anything like mine, they struggle to truly commit their multiplication tables to memory. For the last couple of years, I have operated under the assumption that repetition would eventually do the trick and this has proven to be mostly true. My daughter can come up with the correct answer to most…

MY THIRD GRADER DIDN'T GET INVITED TO A PARTY What does memorizing multiplication facts have to do with getting invited to parties? It can have an unexpected influence when you are in the third grade. During the first week of school, my third grader came home with a slew of

Not all kids can learn math facts using memorization. These 20 multiplication tricks help students learn Mindful Math in a relatable way.

Learning new things doesn't always come natural to everyone, especially when it isn't something that you like. For me, that thing was multiplication. I didn't see the need to learn it and I had a really difficult time memorizing it. Eventually, it kicked in, but I really wished I had a different way to learn. I was delighted to learn that there is a different way to learn from my son's third grade teacher. This is the year that they are really going to focus on multiplication. I'm so…