Bring the fun to your 3rd grade lesson on using the distributive property of multiplication to multiply by 3 and multiply by 4. It's a full plan including a mini lesson, distributive property of multiplication anchor charts, practice activities, review game, and assessment worksheet. They'll have their 3 times tables and 4 times tables mastered in no time!

Would you love to see your students actively engaged during multiply by 3 and 4 practice and review? If so, this high-engagement, activity-driven math lesson for basic multiplication facts within 100 is perfect for you.

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

This multiply by 3 and multiply by 4 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 distributive property of multiplication strategy lesson for the 3 times tables and 4 times tables. Add a few game supplies from your math shelf and watch math come alive! 

This multiply by 3 and multiply by 4 multiplication math lesson includes:

• a mini-lesson so you can model using the distributive property of multiplication to multiply by 3 or 4 with for your students
• distributive property of multiplication anchor charts including the 3 and 4 times tables facts.
• a peer practice activity to allow students to practice multiplying by 3 and 4 with classmates
• an interactive notebook foldable
• a multiplication review game to be played with a partner
• a times 3 and 4 worksheet for practice, homework, or assessment
• answer key

This comprehensive lesson covers the 3rd grade math CCSS and TEKS related to using properties as a strategy for basic multiplication facts within 100. 

This multiply by 3 and multiply by 4 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 lesson on using the distributive property of multiplication strategy for multiplying by 3 and 4 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: 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 using the distributive property of multiplication to multiply by 3 and multiply by 4!)

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