Title – Learning Multiplication Facts (1-9)

By – Susan Salvi

Primary Subject – Math

Grade Level – 2nd grade and up

Standards Addressed:

NYS Math Standard 1

General Goal(s):

Students will know their multiplication tables before entering third grade.

Author’s Note:

These are mini-lesson done 10-15 minutes a day until all multiplication facts are completed. I usually spend 1-2 weeks on each times table. It is guaranteed success! (Note from LessonPlansPage.com: this is not a legal guarantee.)

Specific Objectives:

Students will sing the multiplication facts to different tunes.

Required Materials:

Knowledge of the tunes of the songs and being able to sing!

Anticipatory Set (Lead-In):

Students will be able to sing nursery rhymes and children songs.

Step-By-Step Procedures:

• Teacher will introduce the song
  
  Row, Row, Row, Your Boat
  
  .
  
• Students will sing along with the teacher.
  
• Teacher will then sing the 3 times tables to the beat of
  
  Row, Row, Row, Your Boat
  
  .
  
  (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36)
  
  
• Teacher will sing the song again and again inviting students to sing the numbers with her.
  
• Teacher will continue to sing the song introducing each number to a correlated finger (3 will be one finger up, 6 will be 2 fingers up, etc… count up to ten… hit right and left ear for 33, 36 (11, 12).
  
• Students will continue to practice this song with the numbers and fingers for two lessons.
  
• Once the teacher feels the students have a grasp of the song, she will then introduce a math problem… (3×6 for example) and teach children to sing the 3 times tables up to the 6th finger.
  
• Teacher will continue to play this “Sing to the Finger” game with all 3 times tables for at least two lessons.
  
• Once the 3 times tables are grasped, teacher will introduce the other times tables, one at a time, until all are learned.

  4 times tables –
  
  Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  
  
  5 times tables — regular beat
  
  6 times tables –
  
  Mary Had a Little Lamb
  
  
  7 times tables –
  
  Silent Night
  
  or
  
  Puff the Magic Dragon
  
  
  8 times tables –
  
  This Old Man
  
  
  9 times tables –
  
  Yankee Doodle Dandy
  

Plan For Independent Practice:

Students practice singing the songs for homework or with a partner during the school day.

Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):

Every day at the open and close of learning a new times table, students will sing all the times tables they learned.

Assessment Based On Objectives:

Teacher will have the students stand up and give other students multiplication problems. They sit when they miss. The teacher can also use a paper and pencil test with the basic facts.

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