Help For Multiplication Fluency

1. Pick a table to focus on this week, for example the 3x tables. Do the following activities for 15 minutes each night Monday: Practice with flashcards for this week’s table only Tuesday: Pick any activity off the list below Wednesday: Print the Math Attack worksheet for this table off Ms. Cabrera’s website and complete. Then study your flashcards Thursday: Print the Math Attack worksheet for this table off Ms. Cabrera’s website and complete. Then pick any other activity off the list below. Friday: Go to multiplication.com and practice this week’s table Help For Multiplication Fluency A 6boys x 4balloons=24 • Jump rope while you recite the facts • Use a stick to write the facts in sand • Write the multiplication facts on paper, cut out each number. Then glue the problems back together like a puzzle. (see example D) • Trace the problems on a family member’s back and have them guess the answer • Write a poem about your multiplication facts (see example C) • Draw a picture to represent each multiplication fact (see example A) • Write story problems for each of the facts • Write the problems and answers in shaving cream • Write each problem and answer with chalk on the sidewalk • Use craft sticks and beads or beans to show each fact (see example B) • Practice the facts at www.multiplication.com(any game that lets you choose this week’s table) • Sing the multiplication song for this set of facts B C Nine and eight What do they do? They go play with seventy-two Nine and nine having fun They play tag with eighty-one D You can purchase the multiplication song CD we listen to in class at www.amazon.com “Tunes that Teach Multiplication Facts”

3. Math Attack Homework