Bring the fun to your 3rd grade lesson on multiplication as arrays with a full plan including a mini lesson, beginner multiplication activities, array dice game, interactive notebook, foldable and assessment worksheet!

Would you love to see your students actively engaged during math practice and review or multiplication as arrays? If so, this high-engagement, activity-driven math lesson for simple multiplication within 100 is perfect for you.

Yep…an observation-worthy lesson, ready to go! Just print and gather a few handy supplies.

This beginning multiplication as arrays lesson is designed for high engagement and an interactive classroom. Whether you enjoy breaking your class up into small groups to utilize guided math and math centers or you prefer to keep them together for large group instruction, you will have everything you need included in this multiplication as arrays lesson. Add a few game supplies from your math shelf and watch math come alive! 

This beginner multiplication as arrays math lesson includes:

• a mini-lesson so you can model using arrays to represent multiplication equations for your students
• a multiplication strategies anchor chart to help students visualize multiplying with arrays
• a peer practice activity to allow students to practice multiplication as arrays with classmates
• an interactive notebook foldable
• a multiplication dice game to review arrays with a partner
• a worksheet for practice, homework, or assessment
• answer key

This comprehensive lesson covers the 3rd grade math CCSS and TEKS related to simple multiplication within 100. 

This multiplication as arrays lesson is an effective and easy-to-implement plan to meet the increased expectations for rigor in math classrooms while still feeding your student’s need for play. 

The activities in this multiplication as arrays lesson can each be used independently or woven together into a guided math block.  An example of a 90-minute daily math block might look like this: 

• Whole group mini-lesson 10-15 minutes
• Peer practice follow-up activity 10-15 minutes
• Group time organization-assign students to groups and front load the directions for small group and station tasks
• Rotating station work-60 minutes broken up into 20 min chunks.
• Station 1: Teacher table-we dig deeper and complete the worksheet, reteaching or extending as needed. (BONUS-I grade the papers as we go!)
• Station 2: Notebooking-students add the foldable pieces to their interactive notebooks and work the math included
• Station 3: Multiplicaiton review game of the day with a recording sheet (sometimes I even send these home for homework so parents can see how much fun their kids are having learning about multiplication as arrays!)

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