Mighty Mathematicians

Today, Grade Three worked in small groups to practice multiplication facts in anticipation of our contest with Grade Four.  Each group worked on building a multiplication fence using popsicle sticks which had factors and products.  They rocketed high to shoot for the products in the sky by matching multiplication facts (rockets) with their answers (stars).  Then they caught crabs by picking up the answers to multiplication flash cards.  Other groups used cups to match multiplication and division problems with their products and quotients.  One center had students trying to get the correct answer first with multiplication flash cards including all the tables, 0-12.  Third Graders fixed broken hearts by knowing how to match products and quotients.

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