Teacher Candidate: Chandler Hepler

Subject/Grade: 4th Grade Math

School: Springfield Elementary School

Date and Time of Lesson: November 13, 2014 @ 9:30

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to solve 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication problems using at least one of the three
strategies that they have learned this week on their worksheet with 90% accuracy.
Essential Question: How can you lattice multiplication to solve 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication
problems?
DOK: 1
Alignment with Standards:
4.OA.A.2Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using
drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem,
distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.
Developmental Appropriateness or Cross-curricular connections:
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Cognitive: Students can recall previous strategies that they have learned to solve multiple digit
multiplication problems.
Social: Students can talk to a partner with appropriate behavior (Follow SHINE guidelines).
Physical: Students can write.
Emotional: Students can accept that their answers may be wrong, and that other students may
have gotten the same answer but in a different way.

Assessment(s) of the Objectives:

Lesson Objective(s)
Students will be able to solve 3-digit by 2digit multiplication problems using at least
one of the three strategies that they have
learned this week on their worksheet with
90% accuracy.

Assessment(s) of the Objective(s)

Before: Give students a pre-assessment
worksheet. The worksheet consist of three
word problems that the students can solve
however they choose.
During: Observe students while they work
on lattice multiplication problems, and sort
them into groups based on their level of
understanding (below average, on target,
above average).
After: Give the students the same
worksheet that they used for their preassessment. (This will be used to measure
their improvement on solving multiple digit
multiplication problems).

Accommodations:
~ Have students that are struggling with the skill to solve 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication
problems. Then slowly increase the rigor for these students. (3-digit by 1-digit, 2-digit by 2-digit,
3-digit by 2-digit)
~ Have the students that already understand the strategy work on 3-digit by 2-digit problems.
Have them solve some word problems using this skill. Then have these students come up with
their own strategy that they can use to solve 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication problems.

Materials:
~ Smart Board
~ Writing Utensils
~ Notebook paper
~ Multiplication Worksheet
~ Assessment Worksheet
Procedures:
1. Go over some of the strategies that the students have learned to solve multiple digit
multiplication problems (area model, equal groups model, array model).
2. Show students how they can use lattice multiplication to solve multiplication problems starting
with 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication problems.
34x21
45x19
11x38
3. Observe students while they are solving the problems and group the students as below average,
on target and above average.
4. Pull selected students to the side and discuss how they can use signal words from a word
problem to determine which operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) they need
to use to solve the problem.
5. Have the students that are struggling with the skill to solve 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication
problems (red group). Then slowly increase the rigor for these students. (3-digit by 1-digit, 2digit by 2-digit, 3-digit by 2-digit)
23x4
67x9
87x8
6. Have students that are on target work on a few more 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication problems
(yellow group). Once the students feel like they have a firm grasp on the strategy then they can
move onto 3-digit by 2-digit problems.
56x42
12x99
31x87
7. Have the students that already understand the strategy work on 3-digit by 2-digit problems
(green group). Have them solve some word problems using this skill. Then have these students
come up with their own strategy that they can use to solve 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication
problems.
247x22
378x36
841x19
8. Pull back together as a class and solve two more problems (one being a word problem).
653x47
Drake is a party planner. He has 14 parties scheduled for the month of November. Each
party has a budget of $875. How much money does Drake have to spend total?
9. Answer any last questions that students have about any of the strategies that they have learned.
10. Have students complete post-assessment worksheet.
References:
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010).
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Washington, DC: Authors