In learning about related multiplication and division facts, third grade has been engaging in different games and activities to help commit these facts to memory. Recently in math, third grade played a game called Multiplication Squares, an adapted version of the game Dots and Boxes.
In partners, students rolled two die and found the square containing the product of the two die on the game board. With their chosen colored marker, the students drew one line around the appropriate product square. Partners took turns rolling the die, finding the product on the board, and drawing a line in their color around the appropriate product square. The partner who completed a product square by drawing the last of the four lines filled in that square with their colored marker, earning a point. The student with the most points at the end of the game would be the winner.
Third graders enjoyed the opportunity to play a familiar and competitive game while practicing their math facts.
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