Lesson

Title
Group

Multiplication

Date

Dec.2

Grade 4/5

Time
Durat 39min
ion

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learnin
g
Outcom
es:
Specific
Learnin
g
Outcom
es:

Develop number sense.

Students will:
Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies, such as:
skip counting from a known fact
using doubling or halving
using doubling or halving
using patterns in the 9s facts
using repeated doubling
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication to solve
problems by:
connecting concrete representations to symbolic
representations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
SWBAT Identify number patterns within multiplication from numbers 1-10
SWBAT Calculate multiplication from 1-12
SWBAT Connect concrete representations to symbolic representations
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Teacher will observe the performance of students as
they participate in each activity
Begin to Ask
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

 Are they engaged?

Are they answering questions?
How are they answering question? (do they sound
confident or are they guessing)
Are they writing and contributing to the group
discussion?
Are they showing their work?
Note how the students use the information provided, do
they understand the concepts
Key
Questions:

Ask students to identify doubling, when are they

doubling?
Ask students to use personal white boards to represent
grouping, or equal groups of.
Students should be able to create visual representation
of groups
Asking students a series of questions in which two
factors are multiplied in order to create a product.
What is a factor?
What is a product?
What is repeated addition?

Products/Perf
ormances:

Students will show their work and visual

representations on personal white boards when
the teachers asks for repeated addition, groups
of groups, arrays etc.
LEARNING RESOURCES
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
CONSULTED
The Alberta Program of Studies
Smartboard
Math Makes Sense 4 (Pearson)
Pencils
Math focus Teachers Resource

Prior to
lesson

PROCEDURE
Set up all materials, prepare and open
power-point slides, ensure they work.
Open video, skip advertisements.

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

 Hand out popsicle sticks (colored)

Assessment
of Prior
Knowledge
Expectations
for Learning
and Behavior

Introduction
Begin by reviewing skip counting,
patterns and third grade material

Time
1

**Teacher Action: the teacher will explain the

following expectations for behavior to students
and reinforce accordingly throughout the
lesson.
The expectation for entering the classroom is
that everyone is respectful; this establishes
safety and helps to create a positive learning
environment.
Students will engage in three activities during
this time they will
Raise their hands
Use their indoor voices
Be respectful/ kind
Share materials

Students will be expected

To listen to instruction
When asked to demonstrate that they
understand instruction, for example
students will be asked throughout the
lesson to show their work and their
understanding of problems by displaying
their work on personal white boards
Everyone will participate
Safety- no running around
Advance
Organizer/Ag
enda

Explain: That we will be going over a quick

review, and using personal whiteboards to
help show that we understand the concept of
groups. Equal groups within multiplication.

Write on the board:

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Multiplication: Review of yesterday, Working

on groups, Team tag math
Body
Learning
Activity #1

Time

Teacher actions: Open slides and begin

review.
Provide explanations for content
Have students use personal white boards
to group, students should be able to put
problems into questions

Student actions
Listen to quick review
Listen and follow instruction
Show depictions for groups using
personal whiteboards
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning
Activity #2

Watching for what students are writing on

their personal white boards, students should
be expressing the problems in groups of
groups
An acceptable answer for 5x5 would be five
circles with five dots on the inside.
Teacher actions
Remind students that this may be review for
some while for others its a first time!!

25

The purpose of this activity is to reinforce

concepts and provide time for students to
practice multiplication in an engaging way.
Team tag- multiplication (relay style)
Put two equal stacks of flash cards on a
desk in the front of the room.
Divide the students in two groups.
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

 Ask the students to form two single file

lines facing the desk. The first student in
each line should be about 10 feet from
the desk.
When play starts, the first person in line
races to the desk, takes the first card in
his or her pile, displays the card to the
team, announces the answer, places the
card in a discard pile, and then races to
tag the next person in line.
If the student does not know the answer
or gives the wrong answer, he or she
puts the card on the bottom of the pile
and selects the next card. This student
keeps selecting cards until he or she
knows the answer to one or until five
cards have been selected.
Once the answer is correct, the teacher
(who will be standing near the card pile
will put a point on the board.
The two teams play simultaneously,
whichever team has the most points by
lunch time wins.

Teacher actions
Remind students that this may be review for
some while for others its a first time!!
Explain the game and its rules
Explain that this is to be fun and many
students become excited but we need to
try our best not to use our outdoor
voices
Student Actions:
Listen to instructions
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

 Play fair
Have fun
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation
Consolidation
of learning

Sponge
Activity/Activi
ties

Formative: oral
What are they saying?
Written what are they writing?
Restate that the class went over the links
between multiplication repeated addition,
equal groups of and skip counting

15
during
lesson
activity
one
1

No need, students can play until lunch time, if the

game is a flop, math around the world was a hit so this
may be reintroduce as a backup plan.

Reflections:

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe