$Intro to Multiplication – printable math resource by Hope King, Amy Lemons and Get Your Teach On$

About this resource

Make 3rd grade multiplication meaningful and engaging with 20 days of hands-on math instruction! Magic of Math Unit 3 helps students build a strong conceptual understanding of multiplication before developing multiplication fact fluency and applying their skills to problem solving.

Students learn through mini-lessons, models, hands-on activities, math games, interactive notebooks, daily word problems, and independent practice.

Week 1: Introduction to Multiplication

Students build an understanding of what multiplication means through:

Repeated addition
Equal groups
Arrays
Models and representations
Multiplication equations

Week 2: Multiplication Facts & Strategies

Students develop multiplication fact fluency while practicing:

Multiplication facts
Multiplication strategies
Skip counting and patterns
Using models to solve multiplication problems
Applying strategies through games and activities

Week 3: Properties of Multiplication

Students explore how the properties of multiplication can help them solve problems, including:

Commutative Property
Associative Property
Distributive Property
Identity Property
Zero Property

Week 4: Multiplication Word Problems

Students apply their multiplication understanding to:

Multiplication word problems
Multi-step word problems
Creating models
Writing equations
Choosing strategies
Explaining solutions

The unit follows this four-week progression from introductory multiplication concepts through multi-step problem solving.

What's Included

20 days of lesson plans
Mini-lessons
Daily word problems
Hands-on multiplication activities
Math games
Partner activities
Interactive notebook activities
Independent practice
Vocabulary cards
I Can statements
Skill review
Quick assessments
Cumulative assessment

With a combination of explicit instruction and hands-on practice, students have opportunities to model multiplication, practice facts and strategies, explore multiplication properties, and apply their learning to problem solving.

The activities are designed to be easy to print and prep while keeping students actively involved throughout the math block.

Standards: Aligned with 3rd Grade Common Core Math Standards and Texas TEKS as identified throughout the unit.

Meet the creators

Hope King

Founder & CEO, Get Your Teach On

Hope taught in the classroom for 13 years before co-founding Get Your Teach On with her husband, Wade. She co-created Magic of Math, Write On!, and Engagement Made Easy with Amy Lemons.

✓Taught grades 1st–6th
✓Master’s in Reading
✓Orton-Gillingham certified
✓Co-Author of The Wild Card

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Amy Lemons

Teacher & Curriculum Author

Amy started teaching in 2006 and spent most of her classroom years in 1st and 2nd grade. She has shared lessons and activities with teachers on her blog since 2011, built around hands-on activities and meaningful books.

✓Co-creator of Rooted in Reading, now serving K–3
✓Co-creator of Magic of Math and Write On! with Hope King
✓Taught 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade

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3rd Grade Magic of Math Unit 3: Introduction to Multiplication, Properties of Multiplication

Name: 3rd Grade Magic of Math Unit 3: Introduction to Multiplication, Properties of Multiplication
Brand: Hope King and Amy Lemons
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Resource details

Resource type: Curriculum Lesson Plans Activities
Pages: 300
Grade levels: 3rd Grade
Subjects: Basic Operations Multiplication
Included file types: PDF Zip
Created by: Hope King Amy Lemons
License: One teacher, one classroom
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