Math lesson plan · 3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 60 minutes
Division facts
Multiplication and division
CCSS 3.OA.C.7CCSS 3.OA.B.6England: Y3 Multiplication and divisionEngland: Y4 Multiplication and division
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Division facts.
- I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
- I can explain each step and say why it works.
- I can check my answer and spot a mistake.
Before and after
Needs first: Times tables to 12 × 12; Sharing and grouping
Leads to: Multiplication and division word problems; Division with remainders; Fractions of an amount
Materials: Counters for arrays, Multiplication grid, Base-ten blocks, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).
Warm-up · 6 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Times tables to 12 × 12; Sharing and grouping). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- 4 × 8 = ? → 32Prompt: Is there a fact you already know that is close?
- __ × 3 = 18 → 6Prompt: Which number in the 3 times table gives 18?
- 12 × 6 = ? → 72Prompt: Is there a fact you already know that is close?
Hook · 6 min
- Show an array of chairs, eggs or windows and ask how many there are without counting one by one.
- Share the objective: Division facts. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 12 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: 110 ÷ 10 = ?
- Step 1: 10 × 11 = 110
- Step 2: 110 ÷ 10 = 11
- Answer: 11
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 12 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- 120 ÷ 12 = ? → 10Prompt: Think of the multiplication fact.
- 56 flowers are shared equally into 7 vases. How many flowers go in each? → 8Prompt: Sharing equally is division.
You do: independent practice · 17 min
- Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
- Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.
The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 7 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- 77 ÷ __ = 7 → 11Prompt: Division and multiplication undo each other.
- 16 ÷ 8 = ? → 2Prompt: Think of the multiplication fact.
Watch out for
- Thinking multiplying always makes a number bigger.
- Dropping a zero in long multiplication when moving to the tens row.
Support and stretch
Support
- Review first: Times tables to 12 × 12.
- Use concrete materials: counters for arrays.
- Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
- Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.
Stretch
- Move on to: Multiplication and division word problems; Division with remainders; Fractions of an amount.
- Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
- Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.
Homework and more practice
Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/math/grade-3.
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