Multiplication Bingo

Wayland Heath                                                                                                                         Lesson #1

Multiplication Tables                                                                                                                  February 14, 2002

Grade 3                                                                                                                                    40 – 45 minutes

  Concepts:

• The students will play “Math Bingo” to review multiplication tables from 0 – 7.
• The students will then work a multiplication picture puzzle to review multiplication tables from 0 – 7.

  Rationale:

• This activity will allow students to practice the multiplication tables.
• Students should practice multiplication facts daily to learn them well.
• This lesson allows students to practice the multiplication tables through a game and a puzzle.

  Objectives:

• The students will practice multiplication facts through “Math Bingo,” and through a multiplication picture puzzle.
• The students will be able to respond to multiplication problems faster through practice.
• The students will be able to use multiplication to solve a puzzle.

  Materials:

         -Teacher Materials:

·        List of possible numbers to be called during “Math Bingo.”

               -Student Materials:

·        1 Bingo Card

·        20 Bingo Chips

·        Puzzle Sheet

·        Pencil

  Lesson Management:

         -Timing:

·        Distribution of Bingo materials                                                            1 min.

·        Allow students to number cards                                                         2 min.

• Explanation of behavior expectations while playing Bingo              1 min.

·        Explanation of rules                                                                        1 min.

·        Play “Math Bingo”                                                                          20 min.

·        Put Bingo materials away                                                                2 min.

·        Distribution of Puzzle                                                                      1 min.

·        Explanation of Puzzle                                                                      1 min.

·        Explanation of behavior expectations while working on puzzles        1 min.

·        Time to work on puzzle                                                                   15 min.

              -Organization

·        The teaching assistant on this day will distribute Bingo cards and puzzle sheets.

·        The teacher will distribute Bingo Chips.

·        Students should not be playing with Bingo Chips in any way.

·        Students will raise hands to communicate the answer to a problem.

·        Students will work on the multiplication puzzle alone.

Beginning the Lesson:

               -Focus Event:

·        Explain to students that they are going to practice their multiplication tables through a fun game and puzzle.

               -Connection to prior knowledge:

·        Students are currently working on multiplication tables.

·        This activity allows the students to practice what they are working on.

Body of the Lesson:

• Explain to students that they are going to practice the multiplication tables through “Math Bingo.”
• Tell the students not to touch any of the materials that are going to be passed out to them until they are told to do so.
• Ask the teaching assistant on this day to distribute Bingo cards.
• While the teaching assistant is doing this, distribute twenty Bingo chips to each student.
• After everyone has Bingo chips, tell the students to choose twenty-five of the thirty-five numbers at the bottom of the page.
• Tell the students to place one of the twenty-five numbers in each of the squares.
• Tell the students to cross out a number at the bottom of the page after they have used it to avoid having the same number on the card twice.
• Explain the rules of “Math Bingo”

o       The teacher will say a multiplication problem.

o       Everyone will be quiet and raise his or her hand to tell an answer to a problem.

o       The teacher will call on someone to tell the answer of that problem.

o       If anyone has that number on his or her Bingo card, place a Bingo chip on the square containing that number.

o       This process will continue until someone has five Bingo chips in a straight line on his or her card.

·      Play “Math Bingo”

·        Play as many games in the twenty-minute time frame as possible.

·        After the twenty-minute time frame, tell students to place their Bingo chips in one pile on the corner of their desks.

·       Gather up all of the Bingo chips.

·        Ask teaching assistant on this day to pass out multiplication puzzle worksheets.

·        Tell students that they are to work on this page alone.

·        The students will answer the multiplication problems at the bottom of the page.

·        They will then fill in the squares at the top of the page that have those numbers.

·        After completing all of the problems and filling in all of the squares, students will write what the puzzle is a picture of at the bottom of the page.

·        Students will hand this page in when they are finished.

·        If some students finish early, they will read a book quietly until everyone has completed the assignment.

Ending the Lesson:

·        Ask students what they liked about this lesson.

·        Did the lesson help them practice multiplication facts?

Assessment:

·        Did the student raise his or her hand to answer questions during “Math Bingo?”

·        Did the student not shout out answers?

·        Did the students complete the puzzle sheet?

·        Are the answers correct on the puzzle sheet?

References:

·        www.multiplication.com

·        www.kidcrosswords.com

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