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In order for the students to be successful in completing this activity, they must activate
their prior knowledge of adding and adding doubles. Because arrays are different from
any of the math concepts the students have learned thus far, the students must get a lot
of experience creating arrays. Experience with arrays is essential for the students to
further their mathematical knowledge.
Procedures:
The students will be asked to sit at the front of the classroom. The teacher will then
display a picture of an array on the board. The teacher will ask Does anyone know what
this is called? Then the teacher will explain that the image is an array. Once the teacher
has described what arrays are, the teacher will show the students common arrays in their
every-day life. After the students have a general understanding of arrays, the teacher will
have the students return to their seats. Once at their seats, the teacher will hand out 10
legos and a white board to each student. The student will must create the array that the
teacher describes. Then on their whiteboard, the student will write the addition sentence
that goes with the array. As the students are creating their arrays and writing their addition
sentences, the teacher will observe the students answers in order to gain a better
understanding for how the students are doing. The teacher will also ask questions that
promote further inquiry, such as: What is the largest array possible? Can an array have
an odd number of objects? Why or why not? What is the smallest possible array?
Accommodations:
For students who have a hard time understanding arrays, the teacher will provide the
students with the array analogy card that says There are ___ rows in my array. There
are ___columns in my array. Therefore there are ___ rows of ___.
For students who are having a hard time visualizing the array (with the legos), provide
students a muffin tin and miniature pom-poms. The muffin tin is an 4 X 3 array, and the
students can build smaller arrays within the muffin tin. It may help students see definite
rows and columns.
Resources/References:
http://missgiraffesclass.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-to-teach-arrays.html