Grade: 3rd
TEKS: (5.4) Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy. The student is expected to: (E) represent multiplication facts by using a variety of approaches such as repeated addition, equal-sized groups, arrays, area models, equal jumps on a number line, and skip counting.
Content Area: Mathematics
Video Info: Multiplication Song: 12 Times Tables
Link: multiplication song: 12 times tables
Summary: This video gives students some strategies to learn the 12 times tables and develop number sense as a key to success in mathematics.
Instructional Strategy: Once students watch the video, they will have time to think and create an strategy in any multiplication table. Students can use a variety of approaches such as repeated addition, arrays, area models, equal jumps on a number line, and skip counting. After they create an strategy, students will share and teach it to a classmate. If the strategy works, students will take notes and use them in a daily basis. I think this lesson will encourage students to think in more detail about how multiplication works. They need to realize that if they take their time and learn they multiplication tables a few at the time, eventually they’ll know them all.
The ideas in this video were really cool and I agree that it might help students think more about how multiplication works, instead of just memorizing. I also think your strategy is good. Letting students explore and find other patterns will help develop number sense which is a major key to success in mathematics.
The only thing I am hesitant about is that I found some of the voices in the song to be distracting (scary or annoying). I wonder if this might also distract some students. Maybe just teaching the strategies or singing the song from written lyrics would work better?