Equality Possibilities Task Template, Student Version of Task, Anchor Pages and Scoring Rationale

Multiplying Two-Digit Numbers: Bridging from the Concrete to the Symbolic Mathematics Instructional Plan

This is a cross-curricular activity that uses the story Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday to practice money and decimal skills in addition to reading and writing skills. After reading or hearing the story, students will complete the attached worksheet. (If it's read aloud, students would need a way to refer back to the story to answer the questions. The worksheet has a mixture of reading and math questions. It can be edited if you choose. It can be used for either 3rd or 4th grade. With slight modifications, it could also be used for middle school EL students to learn about currency.  

The original module, created by Eureka Math, consisted of 19 lessons. It has been altered to include the first 10 lessons involving place value of multi-digit whole numbers, comparing multi-digit whole numbers, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers.  Students work with large numbers using familiar units (hundreds and thousands) and develop their understanding of millions by building their knowledge of the pattern of times ten in the base ten system on the place value chart. They learn to recognize that each sequence of three digits is read as hundreds, tens, and ones followed by the naming of the corresponding base thousand unit (thousand, and million). 

This resource is a remix from Illustrative Mathematics (https://goopenva.org/courses/3-md-how-heavy). This resource encourages student collaboration and allows students to have a mathematical dialogue as express their understanding of units of measure. Teachers can use objects found around the house to demonstrate mathematics in the real world. I like how this resource adds flexibility in instruction, as it allows teachers to creatively add diverse manipulatives or real-life items on the balance scale. This activity scaffolds the learning process allowing students an opportunity to experience active hands-on learning to strengthen their understanding of mathematical concepts, which provides a diverse learning experience. This resource is a valuable part of building background when introducing units of measure or equations in the early elementary years of mathematics education as it provides students a concrete example of building an equation with concrete objects.  Suggested Modification - A student recording sheet with illustrations has been added to the resource to allow all different types of learner to learn from a concrete idea to strengthen conceptual learning about building an equation. 

Students will find helpful resources for learning and practicing math skills and processes in this eMediaVA collection.