Floor Tiler
Est. Class Sessions: 1
Students play a game that provides practice with the multiplication facts. Each player spins two numbers and uses the product of the numbers to color in rectangles on grid paper. Players take turns spinning and filling in rectangles until someone fills in the grid completely.
Content in this Lesson
- Representing and solving multiplication problems using rectangular arrays [E1].
- Finding factors of numbers [E3].
- Practicing multiplication facts.
- Writing multiplication number sentences for multiplication facts.
Materials for Students
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Student Books |
Student Guide |
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Teacher Resources |
Teacher Guide - digital |
Supplies for Student Pairs
clear plastic spinner or pencil with paper clip
Materials for Students
Small Multiplication Tables from Lesson 1 (Teacher Guide)
crayon or marker
calculator
scissors
Materials for the Teacher
Display of Spinners 1–4 and 1–10 page (Student Activity Book) Page 47, optional
Display of Floor Tiler Grid Paper (Student Activity Book) Page 49
Unit 3 Assessment Record
Materials Preparation
Spinners. If you do not have clear plastic spinners to place over the Spinners 1–4 and 1–10 page, students can use paper clips and pencils. Straighten out one end of the paper clip, and place a pencil through the curved end. Then, put the point of the pencil on the center of the spinner, and spin the paper clip around the pencil, using the straightened end as the pointer. See Figure 1.
Multiplication Tables. Each student should have one multiplication table from the Small Multiplication Tables Master from Lesson 1 available as a reference for this game. Remind students they can use their small multiplication tables when they play this game at home. The students may also use their copies of the Multiplication Facts I Know chart from Lesson 2.
Figure 1: Using a paper clip and pencil as a spinner
Assessment in this Lesson
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Observe Floor Tiler Student Guide Pages 84–85 |
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