This has been one of my favorite lessons for the last two years. I am already super excited about creating these monsters with my students this year!!
We teach multiplication and division over the course of two units in our math workshop (and of course continually revisit for the rest of the year...).
Our second unit with multiplication and division introduced the distributive, commutative, and associative properties of multiplication.This introductory/exploratory lesson requires students to apply their knowledge of the associative property of addition and multiplication facts to create a giant monster. I love how different and creative they all come out! It is a great opportunity for students to work on their fine motor skills. Last year I took some small video clips and tons of photos of the kids while they were working and of their finish products. To surprise them I edited it quickly together in iMovie on my phone using the "horror movie preview" template. The kids LOVED it and it was a great way to showcase a project like this when our bulletin board was in use and we have limited display space inside of our classroom.
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From my product description;
A great lesson that can be adapted as an exploratory, introductory, or review lesson regarding the Associative Property of Multiplication. This lesson plan includes Five worksheets for your "on grade level" students as well as several accommodations for students below grade level, students who need review, and enrichment students. Plenty of open ended graphic organizers to keep students brains working!
This is a perfect tool for teaching these Common Core Standards
Content Standards:
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.1
Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.B.5
Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.2 Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.
Happy Haunting (and Multiplying) Friends!
PS This is also a great excuse to watch the clip below:
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