Week 1
Lesson 1
Number Sense 
Exploring the relationship between addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through the use of counters. 
Lesson 2
Multiplication and Division 
Students will explore the relationship between multiplication and division by thinking about fact families. We will also explore remainders by thinking in terms of parts of a group (fractions). This class will use counters. 
Lesson 3
Distributive Property 
Students will explore area and it's relationship to multiplication in order to understand the distributive property of multiplication. This is an important aspect of factoring which students will learn in higher level math classes. 
Lesson 4
Multiplication Thinking to Divide 
Students will solve division equations in terms of multiplication. Thinking of fact families and number relationships will be emphasized. Please note: I do not use the standard algorithm for division due to the many mistakes students make when using it. 
 Week 2
Lesson 5
Solving Word Problems 
Students will practice their multiplication and division skills in the context of complex word problems that involve multiple steps. Bar Diagrams will be utilized to help make sense of the problems. 
Lesson 6
Multiplying Larger Numbers
This lesson will expand from 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication into larger multiplication by emphasizing the distributive property. 
Lesson 7
Division of Larger Numbers
This lesson will extend from the previous three lessons to develop a systematic way of dividing large numbers. This will help prepare students for dividing with decimals. 
Lesson 8
Solving Word Problems
Students will practice their multiplication and division skills in the context of word problems.