John Befort

Troy Rall

Kyle Razak

Title: Multiplication

Age: 2nd-4th grade

Teacher background information:

• Basic knowledge of all content areas.
• Strong grasp of the multiplication process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

1. MAJOR CONCEPT: Multiplication
2. OBJECTIVES:
   1. The students will be able to work cooperatively with a partner to complete the multiplication activities assigned.
   2. The students will be able to show knowledge of multiplication by engaging in the integrated subjects involving multiplication.
   3. The students will understand that multiplication can be integrated with many other content areas and relates with many real world situations. They will write a 3 to 5 sentence passage in their journals. The entry must include at least 2 ways multiplication fits into their real life.
3. LIST OF MATERIALS:
   1. Math
   2. deck of playing cards
   3. deck of flash cards
   4. Science
   5. worksheet with medicine story problems
   6. worksheet with arrays
   7. Language Arts
   8. Bunches & Bunches of Bunnies
   9. Paper and materials for children to create story on
   10. Art
   11. worksheet for color by product
   12. worksheet for dot to dot by product
   13. Music
   14. Lyrics to schoolhouse rock songs
   15. Lyrics to music times facts
4. LIST OF REFERENCES:
   1. For the teacher
   2. Matthews, Louise. Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies. New York: Scholastic, 1978.
   3. For schoolhouse rock lyrics see http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_ Rock/HTML/multiplication/three.html
   4. For music times facts lyrics see http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathMusicMultiplicationFacts24.html

For the students

1. Summary for Bunches & Bunches of Bunnies
2. Give students addresses for song lyrics
1. CONTENT RELATED WORDS:
   1. multiplication
   2. product
   3. multipliers
   4. array
   5. metric measurement
   6. milliliters
2. PROJECTS
   1. Math
   2. Two students will split a deck of playing cards. Each student will lay down a card. The first student to multiply the two numbers correctly receives the two cards. The students can continue the game until one student collects all of the cards or for a specified amount of time. Make sure the students are equally matched according to their multiplication skills. Note: All of the face cards are 11's and the ace's are 1's.
   3. Students will get together in pairs. One student will show the flash cards to the other student. This activity will provide the students with extra practice in multiplication.
   4. Science
   5. Each student will receive a copy of the medicine word problem worksheet. Each problem on the worksheet involves the multiplication of dosages of medicine. After completing the worksheet the class will discuss the different problems together.
   6. Each student will be given a copy of the array worksheet. The worksheet will contain different arrays that are set up with bugs and insects. The students will multiply the number of bugs or insects in the array. The students will then go on to figure out the number of legs in each of the arrays.
   7. Language Arts
   8. Read the story Bunches & Bunches of Bunnies to the class. After reading the story discuss how multiplication was involved in the story.
   9. After reading the story provide the children with paper and pencils. Have each student write his or her own story containing multiplication.
   10. Art
   11. Each student will be given a color by product worksheet. The worksheet will contain a picture. The picture will be broken into many different sections. In each section there will be a multiplication problem. After figuring the product the student will color in the picture with the matching color. This will give the student a chance to multiply while at the same time working on art.
   12. Each student will be given a dot-to-dot with products worksheet. On the worksheet there will be several points. At each point there will be a multiplication problem. The students will figure out each problem and then connect the dots. They will start with the problem that's product was one and then count up.
   13. Music
   14. Each student will be given a page containing the lyrics for music times facts. After first reading over the lyrics and introducing the song the class will sing the song together.
   15. Each student will be given a page containing the lyrics for the schoolhouse rock song for the multiplication of three. They will read over the words, go over the music and then sing the song.
3. CULMINATING ACTIVITIES
   1. Each student will construct a story problem. The problem must include multiplication. It should be written nicely and should relate to some everyday activity. A picture can be included if it will help.
   2. Students will be separated into groups of five. Each group will create a game that helps practice multiplication.
4. EVALUATION: Students will be evaluated on:
   1. Their ability to cooperate with a partner.
   2. Their completion of all assigned activities.
   3. Their journal entry, meeting the requirements stated.
   4. Their construction of a story problem meeting the stated criteria.
   5. Their cooperation with the final group, and the completion of a multiplication game for multiplication practice.