Multiplication of Natural Numbers (Lesson 5 of 18)

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an exploration in contextualized applications of multiplication. In this lesson, students work in pairs to define multiplication as groups consisting of equal number of objects. Students will also draw multiplication as arrays and area models, and calculate areas. This lesson plan includes both student and instructor notes. Additional lessons in the series are available to view separately. This lesson requires the following manipulatives: Base-Ten blocks and colored pencils.

The expected total time for the lesson is 55 minutes.