Unit 1, Lesson 9
Multiplicación de grupos iguales
Grado 3
Preparation
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to use scaled picture graphs as an introduction to multiplication as a way to express equal groups.
Lesson Narrative
Scaled picture graphs provide an equal grouping context that naturally elicits multiplication. Multiplication expressions aren’t introduced in this lesson so that students spend more time with concrete representations of multiplication before being introduced to the more abstract representation. The next few lessons focus on the meaning and representations of multiplication, not the product. While students may want to go right to finding the product, it is important to focus on the meaning of multiplication as equal groups and the ways in which it can be represented in the discussions.
Throughout this section, make connecting cubes or counters available to students who need them.
- Representation
- MLR8
- Describe (orally) how a drawing or diagram represents equal groups.
- Represent a situation involving equal groups with drawings or diagrams.
- Trabajemos con grupos iguales de cosas.
Required Preparation
Activity 1
Each student needs 20 connecting cubes or counters.
Activity 2
Each student needs 20 connecting cubes or counters.
Teacher Reflection Questions
How did students’ work with scaled picture graphs and bar graphs set up the introduction of multiplication in today’s lesson?
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