CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Our book includes over 65 activities – here are 20 of those activities

ONLINE GAMES	ACTORS	BANNER
BULLETIN BOARD	CLAY SCULPTURES	COLORING
FLIP BOOK	MOBILE	MODEL
SEQUEL	MURAL	YARN ART

 

	ACTORS Students pretend they are characters and act out a multiplication fact story.
	BANNER Students design a banner that includes the fact and picture for each multiplication fact.  Display the banners around the classroom.
	BULLETIN BOARD Divide a large bulletin board into many smaller bulletin boards. As you add new multiplication facts, display the students’ drawings on the sections of the bulletin board.
	CLAY SCULPTURES Students sculpt clay models of the pictures from the multiplication fact story.
	COLORING Using chalk, crayons, colored pencils or finger paints, ask the students color the pictures from the multiplication fact story.  Assemble the colored pictures together into a book. TEACHER TIPS Try drawing with shaving cream!  Spray a pile of shaving cream on the student’s desk. Added bonus – it is a great soap to clean a desk top.
	FLIP BOOK Students animate the multiplication fact story by creating a flip book.
	MOBILE Students design a mobile using the multiplication fact pictures.
	MODEL Students use papier-mâché to build a model of the characters or events in the multiplication stories.
	SEQUEL Students create sequels to the multiplication fact stories.  What happens next?
	MURAL Ask the students to create a giant mural of the multiplication fact stories.
	YARN ART Students create a multiplication fact picture by gluing yarn to paper.