Arrays!

This week we began a new unit of work in Maths. I will write another post (one day when I have some spare time... Haha!) with some more details about my general maths program and lesson structure. Prior to this lesson we revised what multiplication means, how it is represented and created an anchor chart.

Arrays Lesson #2

Introduction- I used simple flashcards and modelled the conversion of an array into a multiplication fact (find my free basic array flash cards on my TPT store here) . I then flipped that flashcard to demonstrate the commutative property of each multiplication fact.
I reinforced this using on online array display (found here).

Guided: I then split my students into two groups. I had most of my year twos working on representing two times tables multiplication facts using counters whilst my year threes worked through visual examples on the IWB (found here).

Independent: For this part of the lesson I used a Notebook file with two dice and a counter that had been infinitely cloned. Students 'rolled' the dice to create a fact. They then had to use the counters to model the fact. Once we had done this a few times as a class students went to their desks in pairs with a set of dice and a bingo marker. From there they rolled their dice and represented the two numbers shown on the dice as an array. They absolutely loved using the bingo markers!