Lesson 10

Exploremos estrategias de multiplicación con rectángulos

Lesson Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for students to use area diagrams to explore multiplication strategies based on properties of operations. 

Lesson Narrative

Previously, students examined patterns in the multiplication table and used them to find products within 100 and to notice properties of multiplication—the commutative property, in particular. In this lesson, they analyze strategies for finding the area of rectangles to explore distributive and associative properties. They study gridded rectangles that have been decomposed into smaller parts and expressions that represent how the decomposition could help us find the area. Students see how the strategies, along with the diagrams and the expressions that represent them—can help us find the product of two numbers. 

As students make sense of expressions and interpret them in terms of parts of area diagrams (MP1), they practice reasoning quantitatively and abstractly (MP2).

  • Engagement
  • MLR8

Learning Goals

Teacher Facing

  • Use area diagrams to explore strategies based on properties of multiplication.

Student Facing

  • Usemos rectángulos para explorar estrategias de multiplicación.

Required Materials

Required Preparation

CCSS Standards

Addressing

Lesson Timeline

Warm-up 10 min
Activity 1 20 min
Activity 2 15 min
Lesson Synthesis 10 min
Cool-down 5 min

Teacher Reflection Questions

Reflect on times you observed students listening to one another’s ideas today in class. What norms would help each student better attend to their classmates’ ideas in future lessons?

Suggested Centers

  • Rectangle Rumble (3–5), Stage 3: Factors 1–10 (Addressing)
  • Capture Squares (1–3), Stage 7: Multiply with 6–9 (Addressing)

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