# BlendED Best Practices-Elementary Multiplication

### Title and Description:

This unit is titled: Aimee Parde Co-Author-Original Unit Provider

### Multiplication Mania

The description of the purpose of the unit is:

## Content Area Skill:

Skill #1-Math-Multiplication

## Digital Age Skill(s):

Skill #1-Knowledge Constructor

One Week

## Overview of Unit:

In this unit, students will practice and apply several different ways to represent basic multiplication facts.

## Empower Learners:

### Content Area Skills (NE and ISTE Standards):

MA.3.1.2.c Represent Multiplication

3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D-Knowledge Constructor

### Student Friendly Objectives:

I can show how to multiply using arrays.

I can show how to multiply using repeated addition.

I can show how to multiply with equal groups.

I can show how to multiply using a number line and skip counting.

I can make creative resources using many different tools.

## Empower Learner Activity:

### Detailed Description:

Students will self-assess, come up with a goal, and decide on an action plan to see these goals get complete.

## Knowledge Application:

The purpose of the knowledge application is for students to have a way to show what they know.

## Artifact Profile:

### Title of the Artifact:

Representing Multiplication

Using drawings, words, arrays, symbols, repeated addition, equal groups, and number lines to explain the meaning of multiplication.

### Detailed Description:

Using drawings, words, arrays, symbols, repeated addition, equal groups, and number lines to explain the meaning of multiplication. This may be completed in Google Slides, Screencastify, Adobe Spark, or with another creation tool.

Understanding of Multiplication

### Digital Age Skills

Knowledge Constructor

## Knowledge Deepening:

### Detailed Description:

Using the choice board, students will work through three different types of activities to practice representing multiplication facts as arrays.

Using the choice board, students will work through three different types of activities to practice representing multiplication facts as arrays.

Using the choice board, students will work through three different types of activities to practice representing multiplication facts as repeated addition.

Using the choice board, students will work through three different types of activities to practice representing multiplication facts as equal groups.

Using the choice board, students will work through three different types of activities to practice representing multiplication facts using a number line.

## Direct Instruction:

### Detailed Description

Students will have a teacher taught lesson at the beginning and will later be going into there choice board groups.