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3rd Grade Multiplication Lesson Plans

Third grade multiplication lesson plans from Education.com help children build a real, foundational understanding in multiplying all kinds of numbers, including fractions and mixed numbers. Using our lesson plans, teachers can help students build upon basic number sense concepts to understand multiplication properties, while doing hands on activities with their peers!

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Repeated Addition and Multiplication

Teach your students how repeated addition relates to multiplication. This lesson builds number sense and supports a conceptual understanding of multiplication.

Candy Multiplication

Delicious multiplication! In this sweet lesson, your students will learn how to relate multiplication to repeated addition using candy counters.

Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication

Students will "roll" to this quick game and "slap out" multiplication facts to reinforce multiplication skills and beat their own scores!

Array Models in Multiplication

This lesson allows students to explore the concept of multiplication hands on. Kids will also come to understand why multiplication is important as well as how to solve multiplication problems using array models.

Missing Numbers: Math Review

Help! The numbers in our equations have run away and left their answers alone! In this lesson, students will review their math facts and knowledge to solve Ken Ken like puzzles and bring the numbers back to their places.

Let's Play Ball

Students will have a ball with this data collection lesson plan where they learn about collecting and plotting data on a chart and line plot.

Skip Counting to Understand Multiplication

Teach your students to use skip counting as a strategy to multiply two single-digit factors.

Multiplying by Multiples of 10

10, 20, 30, and up! In this lesson, students learn strategies for multiplying one-digit numbers by multiples of ten (10 through 90) through practice problems and playing a fun, hands-on game.

Multiplication Stories

Math can be made into short stories! Inspire your students to get creative with this lesson plan that will help them practice making and solving word problems.

Hands-On Multiplication

Students get hands-on practice playing this math multiplication game with their hands!

Looking for a fun way to reinforce multiplication and area finding skills? This hands-on lesson gives students a chance to create their own multiplication equations by making rectangular models.

Associative Property of Multiplication

Teach your students to recognize and use the associative property of multiplication.

Multiplication with Area Models

Teach your students to use an area model to solve multiplication problems with a two-digit factor.

Number Line Multiplication

Teach your students to use number lines as a strategy to multiply two single-digit factors.

Parking Lot Multiplication

Help your students make sense of the commutative property of multiplication by relating it to arrangements of cars in parking lots.

Animal Spots: Multiplication Practice

Animals and spots are used to make multiplication interesting! In this lesson, students will practice multiplying one digit numbers.

Multiplication: Solving for Unknown Factors

What's the unknown? In this lesson, your students will become familiar with strategies that can help them solve for the unknown factor in multiplication problems.

Multiplication Cups Competition

Motivate your students by engaging them in a competition! In this lesson, your students will review and practice multiplication strategies.

Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9

Teach your students to decompose factors as a strategy to find multiples of 6, 7, 8, and 9. This lesson supports flexible thinking and number sense.

Musical Chair Multiplication

Get your students moving while practicing their multiplication facts! Bring an old favorite to the classroom as students move about and work problems out. This is a fun way to incorporate movement and learning with a twist.

It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!

Celebrating the Chinese New Year is fun for family and friends! Use this lesson to teach your students some of the holiday's traditions and events as they practice solving word problems, which involve time and all four math operations.

Robot Multiplication

Students will master multiplication with this inventive robot challenge! Your students will practice their math-fact fluency in this lesson plan.

Do You Know Your Math Facts?

In this lesson, your students will create their own math facts and practice them! They will understand that multiplication and division are opposites.

Multiplication R.A.C.E.

Teach your students how to use a variety of representations when creating and solving word problems. Simple acronyms and visual aides help make learning multiplication a breeze.

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