Carnival!!!

So our school puts on an elementary carnival every October. The money we raise from our carnival is used for playground equipment, Accelerated Reader, teaching supplies, etc... Our booths range from ice cream, blow up bouncey house, basketball, to two seated bicycles (and believe me it's not the bikes you're thinking of).

Multiplication

 

"Aarayyyy for Multiplication"

My goal for my fourth grade students is for them to become fluent problem solvers.  Knowing their multiplication facts fluently is currently an issue we are facing.  I love how pictures of multiplication are now a way for students to learn (and see) how to multiply. 

We are currently studying multiplication by making arrays.  In this activity each student was given a dice, a foam place mate, and a grid paper. 

 

1.  Roll the dice...shade in that many boxes going down.

2.  Roll the dice again...shade that many boxes going across.

3.  Fill in the rest of the "box" and record a number sentence

My kiddos were playing and learning at the same time!!