T4T Gr 3 C1 Lesson Rows of Donuts (Day 7)
This lesson is from Tools4NCTeachers. It was written with the intent of being taught on Day 7 of Cluster 1. This lesson focuses on repeated addition and skip counting to provide a conceptual understanding of multiplication. The lesson also provides opportunities for teachers to discuss the role of collaboration with classmates.
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Rows of Four Donuts
The Dublin Donut Shop has different sizes of boxes for their donuts. The smallest box of donuts has 4 donuts in a straight line or row. Larger boxes have rows of donuts with 4 on each row. Use your cubes and draw pictures of the following boxes:
A small box of 4 donuts. A box with 2 rows of donuts
A box with 3 rows of donuts A box with 4 rows of donuts
A box with 5 rows of donuts A box with 6 rows of donuts
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Addition Equation |
Multiplication Equation |
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1 x 4 = 4 |
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6 |
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How did the addition equations help you write the multiplication equations? Give a specific example from your table.