Multiplication Facts 8 - Lesson for Grade 3, Chapter - Multiplication Facts
In the "Multiplication Facts 8" lesson, designed for Grade 3 students, learners will delve into mastering multiplication facts pertaining to the number 8. Through engaging activities such as "Multiplying with Betsy Ross Worksheet," "Marching 8’s for Rights Worksheet," and "Octopus 8’s Worksheet," students will explore various strategies and fun approaches to understand and memorize the multiplication facts of 8. This lesson is pivotal because multiplication is not just a core math skill but also a building block for more advanced mathematical concepts. It enhances mental math abilities, necessary for everyday problem-solving and critical for future topics like division, fractions, and algebra. Understanding multiplication facts improves numerical fluency, allowing students to approach problems more strategically and with confidence. By focusing on the number 8, this lesson helps solidify a specific set of multiplication facts, ensuring that students can recall them quickly and accurately. This immediate recall is crucial for achieving fluency in mathematics, making learning both more enjoyable and effective as students progress through their education journey.
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Activity 1 / Multiplying with Betsy Ross Worksheet
Before you get into this worksheet, you might want to take a little history lesson with your students. Do your little ones know who Betsy Ross is? If they don’t, quickly remind them of her role in American history. Now, look at the printout. Can your students identify what Betsy Ross is doing in the image? She needs help sewing the stars on the American Flag. Ask your kids to circle the star that has the correct product.
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Activity 2 / Marching 8’s for Rights Worksheet
Can your students tell you what part Martin Luther King Jr. played in the country’s history? Use this perfect opportunity to give them a walk through history, and highlight some of MLK’s historical contributions. In this worksheet, Martin Luther King needs your students to lead the protesters through the maze and to Washington D.C. Ask your young kindergartners to draw a line through all of the correct multiplication facts to get them there.
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Activity 3 / Octopus 8’s Worksheet
An octopus is a kind of animal which lives in the sea. Can your child identify the octopus in the worksheet? An octopus can also be called an invertebrate, because it belongs to that class of animals. Ask your child if they can tell you some other features of the octopus. They have 8 tentacles. In this printout, your kids will find that they need to use those 8 tentacles to help multiply the 8’s. Ask them to circle the equations that have the correct products.
