Know Your Facts! KISD Expectations for the Second 9 Weeks of 3rd Grade

Parents, 

If you're like me and like to know what's coming up next, take a look at the KISD expectations for fast facts for the next 9 weeks.  We will be starting multiplication and division facts (x5, x1, and x0) at the end of this month.  The materials mentioned will be coming home as the games are introduced in class.  Feel free to get a jump start (if your student is already comfortable with x2 and x10) by using games via Edmodo!

Happy fact practice, 

Mrs. Foley. 

Parent Guide to Basic Facts Progression – 3rd Grade

	2nd  9 Weeks
Strategy Focus	Multiplication/Division    Five, One, Zero Addition/Subtraction The expectation is that these facts should already be mastered
Focus- The Big Ideas	·         The order of factors does not change the product.        Multiplication and division are inverse(opposite) operations.        Multiplication by 5 is like skip counting by 5.        When multiplying by 1, the product is the same as the other factor.        If either factor is zero, the product will be zero.
Games for Practice	Nickels and Cents (x5)        Divide and Go (÷5)               Spaces (÷5) Zemory (x0, x2, x5)

Nickels and Cents  (Materials needed: deck of cards with face cards removed, notebook paper)

Students will make the connection that multiplying times 5 is the same as counting nickels. Player one will draw a card and multiply by 5 and write that amount of money on the paper. Player two does the same. Play continues as players add their sums of money each round. First player to reach $5 wins.

Divide and Go  (Materials needed: hundreds chart with directions and spinner provided by teachers)

Spaces   (Materials needed: gameboard with directions and spinner provided by teachers)

Zemory – Materials needed: one set of Zemory cards (provided by the teacher)  This game is like the classic game of memory with a zero twist. In this game students match fact cards based on the commutative property.  For example if Jack flips 0 x 4, he looks for the 4 x 0 card to match. If a match is not found, both cards are turned face down and the play continues with Player Two. Players take turns finding sets with matching factors and stating the product. The player with the most sets wins the game. Because  x 0 facts are simple to remember, some previously learned fact cards (x 2, x 5) are included.

Resource: Mastering the Basic Math Facts in Multiplication and Division