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Candy Multiplication
Delicious multiplication! In this sweet lesson, your students will learn how to relate multiplication to repeated addition using candy counters.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to use equal groups and repeated addition to understand the concept of multiplication.
The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
Introduction
(1 minutes)
- Tell students that today they will begin learning about multiplication.
- Tell students that multiplication can be thought of as repeated addition of equal groups.
Beginning
- Share student-friendly definitions and images of key terminology, such as multiplication, repeated addition, equal groups.
Intermediate
- Ask students to explain the concept of multiplication to a partner. Provide a word bank of key terms and phrases they can use as they share their thoughts. (e.g., factor, product, multiply, times, equals)