Lesson Plan
Partnering Addition and Multiplication
Multiplication is no longer a mystery when it is partnered with addition! Help your students make connections between multiplication and repeated addition with this hands-on lesson that includes several types of concrete examples.
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Learning Objectives
- Students will use repeated addition to solve multiplication problems.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Introduce the lesson by inviting students to participate in an addition challenge.
- Distribute individual whiteboards and whiteboard markers.
- Tell students that you will hold up a doubles multiplication problem. Their task is to write the answer on their whiteboards as fast as they can and to hold up their whiteboards to show you the answer.
- One by one, hold up each flash card and give students a chance to show what they know by writing the answer on their whiteboards. Guide students in making connection by having them reflect on why doubles are easier.
- Tell the students that they will be learning about how to use repeated addition to solve multiplication problems, just like when one number is doubled to make a doubles fact.