Think, "FUN Playing Games Like 'Trust No One' " for Multiplication Fact Mastery!
As a complement to my ongoing class "Think Fun With Friends While Developing Crucial Multiplication Fact Fluency," this course focuses on 0-12 multiplication facts for mastery and quicker recall playing the game Trust No One.
Michael Thurman, M.Ed.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(215)
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Intermediate Level
In all of my years as a math teacher of intermediate students, NOTHING creates, or hampers, math success more than multiplication fact fluency. It is key. It is crucial for ages 9-12. As phonics is to reading, so is fact fluency to math. Join this affordably priced, ongoing, game-like class that can be played over and over with other students, and watch the boredom and dread of fact memorization be replaced with excitement and a desire to become fluent. This specific game, Trust No One, is fast-paced, collaborative and exciting. This game helps students who already have some level of recall but want to have a quicker access to their products. Students will "earn money" typing in their facts, enabling them to run investigations to determine who the secret Pretender(s) is in each game. Students will call for a meeting to discuss their findings from their investigations and then vote to toss out the Pretender. All the while, students are drilling and memorizing their facts typing them in as fast as they can. Who will win, the Teammates or the secret Pretender? We will discuss strategies for recalling a fact and also properties of multiplication to help. If you know half of your facts, you know the other half, thanks to the Commutative Property! Grab your friends and join the fun Club! Become fluent with quick recall and reduce the amount of time spent on homework, and in addition, build accuracy and speed into your computation! Crucial for success with multiplication and division. Students will become fluent with their facts: 0's through 12's over time. Learning and drill become nothing but FUN! But remember, Trust No One in this fun game...and have Fun!! Beginning Monday, 4/26/21.
Learning Goals
Students will develop quick recall of their multiplication tables which will bring confidence and accuracy in math.
Other Details
Supply List
Paper and pencil will be necessary.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined May, 2020
5.0
215reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Kentucky Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Education from University of Minnesota Minneapolis
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Western Kentucky University
Hi, there! My name is Mr. Thurman and I enjoy teaching math. And, at “Math You Can Do” we’re always cooking up some good “recipes” for a tasty math experience! I was a public and private school educator for 36 years, and have experience teaching 3rd through 6th grade math. I was a principal for 5 years too, but I must say, it is much more fun and rewarding to teach. I have undergraduate degrees in music and in elementary education from Western Kentucky University. As well, I have a master's degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and a theology degree from Bethany Global University. I am offering math classes for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders because, for the last 20 years of my career, I have been doing just that, working as a math specialist for intermediate students. We will be using a fun math program which allows me to teach you, and then monitor your work when we're not in class together, enabling me to see just where I can best help you until we meet again. I can even communicate with you while you are working between our online classes. And yes, you can and WILL excel in math!! You might even learn to love it! (Conceptual Math producing Efficiency and Accuracy)
If you had asked me when I was your age, students, if I wanted to be a math teacher when I grew up, I would have said, "NO!" I had to work hard at math when I was young, and, to be quite honest, I don't think some of my teachers really knew how best to teach the subject. Here's the big idea I share with my students: LEARNING TAKES PLACE OVER TIME! It can't be rushed...especially with math. Our class motto will be," Learning takes place over time AND it's all about the effort!"
My wife is a music teacher and we have 3 grown daughters. We played music together as a family for many years and performed 45 concerts in 5 countries in Europe. Now, we have 9 grandchildren, 4 boys and 5 girls. I have been a professional musician for many years now and play french horn in Orchestra Kentucky of Bowling Green and we perform lots of concerts. We have a little Yorkie named Sir James Paul McCartney Thurman. We call him Paul and I don't think he knows he's a dog! 😃Reviews
Live Group Class
$10
weekly1x per week
45 min
Completed by 61 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-12
3-10 learners per class
