Module 3, Lesson 3: Models & Strategies for Multiplication & Division

What You’ll Learn

What models and strategies can be used when solving multiplication & division word problems?

Students move through three levels:

• Direct Modeling
• Skip Counting
• Associative or Distributive Properties of Multiplication

How can you help students move through these three levels using a variety of strategies? Which strategies can you use? Strategies are HOW students solve the problems and use the model. Each student will solve word problems differently.

Which strategies can you use? Strategies are HOW students solve the problems and use the model. Each student will solve word problems differently.

Listen to how your students solve word problems and discover what strategies they use.

Note: The handout is the same as Lesson 2. This lesson does have downloadable slides.

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Module 3, Lesson 2 (PDF)

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