Jaclyn Turner

Date: April 21, 2016

Lesson: Multiply and Divide to find the unknown
Grade: 3rd
Time: 60 minutes
Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.4

Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation

relating three whole numbers.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.B.5

Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide (commutative,

associative, distributive properties).
Objective:
Students will be able to multiply and divide with familiar facts using a
letter to represent the unknown.
Materials Needed:
Whiteboard
Math Packet
Beginning (10 minutes):
Fluency practice- we will begin by practicing familiar facts with the
students and using the fact families to show the relationship between
and multiplication sentence and a division sentence. Students will be
given a few multiplication problems to solve on their whiteboards, and
then asked to show me the correlating division sentences. Students will
then practice using the distributive property to multiply by breaking
down arrays into multiplication facts that they know.
Middle (30 minutes):
Concept development- Students will be introduced to the idea of using
a letter to represent the unknown in multiplication.
Twenty-four people lined up to use the canoes at the park. Three
people are assigned to each canoe. How many canoes are used?
Students will begin by using a tape diagram, or another method, to
solve the application problem. I will then model how we can use a c,
for canoes, in order to show the unknown, or what we do not know yet
and are trying to figure out.
With the new information of having a letter to represent an unknown,
students will begin working on a new problem.
Twenty on students are grouped in threes to go on a field trip. How
many groups of students are there?

After concept development, students will begin working on their

problem set in their math packets.
End (20 minutes):
We will end the math lesson by reviewing the concepts learned and the
problem set questions. Students will then be given an exit ticket to be
completed individually to asses individual student understanding.