Water is a natural resource that is limited and needs to be conserved.  Students will collect data about how much water they are using at home, design a plan to conserve water, implement the plan, and again take data to determine their success.

Description: Water is a natural resource that is limited and needs to be conserved.  Students will collect data about how much water they are using at home, design a plan to conserve water, implement the plan, and again take data to determine their success.

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

Multiplying with 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 --  Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

I created this game to give my students a fun way to practice multiplication!  3rd grade students should participate in meaningful activities to develop an understanding of multiplication and become fluent with their multiplication facts.  This activity supports sol 3.4c, demonstrate fluency with multiplication facts of 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 and sol 3.4a, represent multiplication and division through 10 × 10, using a variety of approaches and models.  The students make a big circle around the room and play a cakewalk style game and draw pictorial models.  This game should be played after students have had experiences in the classroom working with manipulatives to practice the different approaches and strategies for multiplication.  Movement is an effective way for students to learn and I can easily assess them while they play the game.  My students love this game and ask to play it all the time!