Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | Math
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Materials Needed: Post-it® Super Sticky Notes 2 x 2, Pencil and crayons, one playing piece (m&m, coin, button), multiplication table chart
Materials Needed:
- Post-it® Super Sticky Notes 2 x 2
- Pencil and crayons
- one playing piece (m&m
- coin
- button)
- multiplication table chart
Description:
This is a fun activity reviewing multiplication facts.
Instructions:
Step 1: Divide the class into pairs. The teacher will display a Post-it® Note multiplication racetrack on the board or smart board.
Step 2: The students will place 15 Post-it® Notes in a racetrack configuration, the first of which is labeled Start and the last of which is labeled Finish.
Step 3: For example; Tell the partners to label each Post-it Notes of the four times table on the multiplication racetrack. (0-48).
Step 4: The teacher models the game for the players to take turns moving their playing piece by flipping a penny on heads to move two spaces and tails to move one space.
Step 5: The students take turns landing on a number and calling out the multiplication problem.
Step 6: The players take turns moving the playing piece on the Post-it Note racetrack if they correctly answered with multiplication problem of that number. The player who moves onto Finish wins. Example: The player tosses the penny, his penny lands on heads and he moves two spaces from 4 to 12. He has to come up with a multiplication problem for that factor such as; 3x4=12 His partner checks his answer on the multiplication table Post-it Note chart.
