Summer Math Review: Master Multiplication Facts Through Songs, Activities and Games!

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**Note: This is a condensed version of my week long class, "Mastery Math Summer Series Part 1: Deep Dive Review for 5th and 6th Graders" for students wanting a quicker, more intensive review. We will meet for three days during the same week for one hour each day.

Does your student struggle to just “get through” assigned math problems? Do they get tripped up in multi-step problems because it’s taking them so long to perform basic multiplication or division? Or maybe they’ve learned the prescribed steps to find an answer, but are bored by the calculations because they have no idea what they’re actually doing or why? Too often, math is approached by students (and unfortunately some teachers!) as something to just memorize and “get through” to get an answer. This is doing our students such a disservice, as it inevitably leads to frustration, boredom and a feeling of wanting to give up on math. But math is all around us--it’s about problem solving, creativity, and looking at things from multiple perspectives. Math should be relatable, meaningful, satisfying and fun!

This applies even to something as seemingly straightforward as learning basic multiplication facts! Students need to be able to connect to the concepts and see the relevancy to their own lives in order to be engaged in learning and truly master a concept. In this 3-day intensive multiplication fact review, I will (re)introduce foundational math concepts including number sense and properties, multiplication as repeated addition, the connection between multiplication and division, and factors and multiples. Through interactive, relatable problem solving, students will gain a deep understanding of numbers and how they relate to each other, and really start to “see” these relations and how to approach problems using this sight and understanding. We will reinforce and practice these concepts through fun songs, games and puzzles. The major focus or goal of these games will be building fluency and confidence in basic multiplication facts, because math becomes so much easier and more fun once these are mastered! At the end of the week, I will provide personalized links to games and activities so that students can continue to practice throughout the rest of the summer!

Now is the time to ensure your student makes the necessary connections to unlock a deep understanding (and joy!) of the foundational math concepts they will need next school year and beyond! Studies have shown that a 5th grader’s understanding of important concepts such as multiplication, division and fractions, as well as fluency in basic multiplication facts, are key indicators of their success in middle school, high school and beyond.  Let’s set our kids up for success!

Here’s what our 2 days will look like:

Day 1: Properties of, and Multiplying by: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10
--Assessment game
--Focus on numbers 0 and 1 (discover rules for multiplying)
--Even numbers (how to use multiplying by 2 to multiply by 4 and 8) 
--patterns and rules for multiples of/divisibility by 5 and 10
--Fact families: connection between multiplication and division
--Reading, writing and understanding division (3 ways)

Day 2: Properties of, and Multiplying by: 3, 6, and 9 
--Game review of Day 1
--Even vs. Odd
--Special patterns, rules, and tricks for multiplying and dividing by 3, 6 and 9
--Lucky 7’s
--Square numbers
--Practice through games

Day 3: Properties of, and tricks for multiplying by:  7, 11, and 12
--Game review of Day 1
--Lucky 7’s
--the multiplying by 11 trick!
--Dozens
--Practice through games