Blog #1: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Grade Level: 3rd 

Standard: NY-3.OA.3

This standard states, 

"Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities."

 I chose this topic because it was one of the first topics within the NYS's Next Generation Standards. Also, I will be completing my student teaching in a 3rd grade level class. Another reason is that I want to better solve equations that involves equal groups using multiplication and/or division. My goal for this lesson is for students to understand how to take word problems and know when to use multiplication or use division and represent it through  drawing or equations. During my initial assessment and looking at lesson plans, I came across educators implementing worksheets, videos, and even games which helped me feel more confident in producing an artifact because of these vast resources.  

Objective: Students will be able to represent multiplication and division word problems using drawings, arrays, and equations. 

Resources to include in this lesson that I came across:

• Thinking Blocks is a great website that's interactive for students to visually represent groups
• https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/OA/A/3/tasks/262 helpful for word problems that involves multiplication then division. 
• This link here has various resources from independent work for students to complete to assessment tasks for this specific standard  
• the images below can be used in the future as an anchor chart. It's a great reference tool for students to refer back to around the classroom if they need a quick refresher on division/multiplication strategies. I like how they are simple to the eyes yet easy to comprehend.

Source: teacherspayteachers.com