Robot

Multiplication
Third Grade Math 65 minutes Standards: 3.OA.A.1

by April Brown July 27, 2015

Students will master multiplication with this inventive robot challenge! Your students will practice
their math-fact fluency in this lesson plan.

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to solve basic multiplication facts.

Materials and Preparation

Whiteboard
Markers
Robot Multiplication packet (pages 3-7)
Pencils
Glue
Scissors
Colorful construction paper
Decorative materials such as crayons, markers, gems, yarn, foil, beads, etc.
Multiplication charts
Blocks or cubes
Tape

Key Terms: Attachments
fluency
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Robot
Multiplication

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Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
Explain to the students that they will be working on their multiplication fluency by creating
imaginative robots!
Ask the students what fluency is. Allow the students to share their answers.
Make sure students make a connection between reading fluency and math-fact fluency.
After students have had sufficient think-time and share-time, explain to the students that
fluency in math has to do with the strategies they use to accurately and efficiently solve
basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (10 minutes)

Write a few multiplication problems on the board.
Model solving the multiplication problems using strategies such as skip counting, taps of
pencils, songs, repeated addition, use of a multiplication chart, and arrays.

Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (15 minutes)

Write a few multiplication problems on the board, and ask the students to share and model
some of the strategies they use.
Get out the Silver Robot on the second page. Read the directions to the students.
Tape the robot page and a piece of construction paper onto the board.
Model solving the multiplication problems.
Model cutting out the robot pieces and gluing them on the separate piece of construction
paper from lowest number to biggest number, starting at the top left hand corner until you
reach the bottom right hand corner.
Explain that the smallest numbers will be on the top of the page, and the biggest numbers
will be on the bottom of the page.
Explain to the students that when they are finished gluing their robot on the construction
paper, they will be able to decorate it!

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Independent Working Time (20 minutes)
Separate the five different robot sheets into piles on a table in front of the room.
Allow a few students to come up at a time to choose their favorite robot.
Make sure students have access to the glue, scissors, construction paper, and decorative
materials.

Extend
Differentiation
Enrichment: Students can create another robot to get extra practice.
Support: Give students multiplication charts and manipulatives such as blocks or cubes to
use as resources.

Review
Assessment (5 minutes)
As you rotate around the classroom, observe students who display the use of effective
strategies to solve the multiplication facts efficiently and accurately.
Make note of students who struggle with solving the multiplication facts.
Ask students to turn in their robot multiplication sheets so you can review them.

Review and Closing (10 minutes)

Ask the students to share a few of their robot creations.
Discuss which multiplication facts were trickier to solve. Ask students to share the
strategies they used to solve the problems.

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