Planning and Activities
Day 1
Use place value cards as a supporting model to revise doubling and halving 2-digit numbers by partitioning and recombining.
Group Activities: T with Y3
Y3/4 Whole class -- Play a ‘chain’ game, halve numbers if even; add 1 when numbers are odd.
Y3 -- Play a 4-in-a-row grid game, doubling 2-digit numbers.
Y4 Use the in-depth problem-solving investigation ‘Set Square’ as today’s group activity.
Or, use this activity:
-- Play a 4-in-a-row grid game, halving 2-digit numbers.
Day 2
Model the grid method for multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit numbers: 14 × 2, 14 × 3, 14 × 6.
Further Teaching with Y4
Model the ladder method and compare to the grid method for 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication, e.g. 786 × 4.
Group Activities: T with Y3
Y3 Use the in-depth problem-solving investigation ‘18 Times Table – Wow!’ as today’s group activity.
Or, use these activities:
-- Describe stepping stones in developing use of the grid method. Rehearse use of preferred image(s) to begin using the grid method.
-- Practise multiplying smaller 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.
Y4 -- Solve 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication challenges.
Day 3
Further shared learning of the grid method to build the 24 times table from 1 × 24 to 10 × 24. Link repeated addition to multiplication.
Further Teaching with Y4
Estimate and solve multiplications: 4 × 782 618 × 6 5 × 579.
Group Activities: T with Y4
Y3 -- Investigate multiplying odd and even 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers using the grid method.
Y4 -- Use a written method for 3-digit by 1-digit multiplications, finding answers in a number of given ranges.