Objective: Students will identify patterns in multiplication sentences and multiplication tables.
Target: I can find patterns in multiplication sentences and tables.
Standards: Standards Alignment &
Justification:
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.D.9 This standard is saying that students
Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns can identify patterns such as in the in the addition table or multiplication table), addition or multiplication tables and and explain them using properties of explain the patterns. operations. For example, observe that 4 For this lesson, the students will be times a number is always even, and explain finding patterns in and using arrays. why 4 times a number can be decomposed Students will be looking at a into two equal addends. Multiplication/Division Facts Table, identifying patterns, and explaining the patterns they find. Students will identify different patterns for multiplication and share their findings with the class.