Unit 1, Lesson 4
Multiplication Practice (Optional)
Grade 4
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In grade 3, students fluently multiplied and divided within 100, including recalling single-digit multiplication facts from memory. The purpose of this optional lesson is for students to practice multiplication within 100 and review strategies for finding products they don’t know.
- Engagement
- MLR8
- Determine the factor pairs of a given number within 40.
- Explain (orally and in writing) strategies for determining products that are not yet known facts.
- Let’s practice multiplication.
Required Materials
Activity 2
Required Preparation
- Create a set of cards from the blackline master for each group of 2.
- Each group of 2 needs 36 centimeter cubes.
Teacher Reflection Questions
What new insight did you gain about how individual students think or reason about multiplication? How might you use what you learned about these students during tomorrow's lesson?