Wrapping up Multiplication!

This week we wrapped up our unit on multiplication.  Students took their unit 3 test on Tuesday.  I have to say that I am very impressed with the student's effort and thinking on this test.  I wanted to review some of the strategies that your child learned to help them multiply.  Below you will find anchor charts that we created as a class for the multiplication strategies.  I hope that you find these helpful when you assist your child with extra practice.  Students were encouraged to choose the strategy that they were most comfortable with when multiplying.  I would suggest asking your child which strategy they were most comfortable with and giving them a few practice problems to observe them using that strategy.

Area model for multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit

Distributive Property

Partial Products

Combination of all strategies

Regrouping

Students also learned different strategies for Multi-Step Multiplication Problems.  Below you will find the strategy anchor chart that we created as a class. You will also see an example of a multi-step problem that students solved in class, as well as student work samples.  What awesome mathematicians I have!!!!

Students will be applying their multiplication strategies to our upcoming unit in division!