Multiplication for Beginners - Minecraft Multiplication! (Ongoing)

In these ongoing weekly classes students will learn the basic concepts of multiplication. These lessons are all Minecraft themed! STUDENTS WILL NOT PLAY THE GAME MINECRAFT IN THIS CLASS. 

Students will participate in a variety of activities each week to review the basic concepts of multiplication. In these classes students will learn what the numbers in the multiplication equations mean. You can subscribe to these weekly lessons and keep your child enrolled until you feel they have "mastered the basics". 

Students will ONLY review 1 digit multiplication in these classes. These classes are designed to help students understand what multiplication is, NOT memorize their facts. These classes are designed to be introductions, remedial, and extension lessons for students who are beginning to learn multiplication. Students do NOT need to have prior knowledge of multiplication for these classes. The ONLY prerequisite to this class is addition. 

Students will begin class by participating in a short "study time" activity to review the multiplication concepts being taught in class that day. After study time, students will patriciate in a variety of fun activities. These activities will serve as a way to expand your child's knowledge of the different concepts of multiplication and reinforce these basic concepts. Students will then challenge their knowledge of the basic multiplication concepts reviewed in the lesson by answering questions independently in our weekly Kahoot activity in class.

Kahoot is a website that allows students to interact with the lesson by entering their answers in "REAL time". These activities on Kahoot will help to improve the student's understanding of what the numbers in the equations represent and how to answer basic multiplication equations using pictures. Kahoot activities in class will also help students to build connections to the equations, so they can begin the next step of memorizing their multiplication facts. Children can also build confidence watching their scores improve on Kahoot! 

Enrolled students will be sent a "Multiplication Cheat Sheet" that will assist them in completing problems in class. Directions on how to use this "Multiplication Cheat Sheet" will be given to students each time this class meets. So, student's prior knowledge to multiplication can be minimal to NONE. Students can use this "Cheat Sheet" at their discretion. 

Extension activities will also be provided for students each week to complete after class. These will ALWAYS BE OPTIONAL, but encouraged. 


- Week 1 (10/13):   Identity Property with Equal Groups 

- Week 2 (10/20):  Identify Property with Arrays

- Week 3 (10/27):   Multiply 2-Digit Numbers by a 1-Digit Number

- Week 4 (11/3):     Multiply 2-Digit Numbers by 10

- Week 5 (11/10):   Multiply 2-Digit Numbers by 100

-Week 6 (11/17):    Missing Numbers in Multiplication Equations (Equal Groups)

- Week 7 (11/24):  Missing Numbers in Multiplication Equations (Arrays)

- Week 8 (12/1):     Multiples

- Week 9 (12/8):     Multiples Review Lesson

- Week 10 (12/15):  Commutative Property (Equal Groups)

- Week 11 (12/22):   Commutative Property (Arrays)

- Week 12 (12/29):   Multiplying Positive and Negative Numbers

- Week 13 (1/5):       Multiplying Positive and Negative Numbers Review Lesson

- Week 14 (1/12):     Multiplication on a Number Line

- Week 15 (1/19):     Multiplication on a Number Line Review Lesson

- Week 16 (1/26):     Compare with Multiplication (Equal Groups)

- Week 17 (2/2):       Compare with Multiplication (Arrays)

- Week 18 (2/9):       Doubling, Tripling and Quadrupling (Equal Groups)

- Week 19 (2/16):     Doubling, Tripling and Quadrupling (Arrays)

- Week 20 (2/23):    Same Product/ Different Equations (Equal Groups)

- Week 21 (3/2):    Same Product/ Different Equations (Arrays)


(This class does not build. Students can jump into the class at any time and benefit from the lesson taught. These topics will repeat once completed to further practice these beginner multiplication skills. I also add multiplication topics to the class often to update the math skills taught in the lessons compared to math standards.)