Break an array into parts
Explore distributive strategy with this Grade 3 Glow Math Facts lesson. Connect objects and drawings to equations, explain a strategy, and practice at the learner’s pace.
What children will practice.
Use distributive strategy to solve multiplication facts and connect objects or drawings to equations.
Facts to explore.
Start with objects or a drawing. Connect the model to an equation, then practice a few facts at a time across two short sessions. Choose a starting point using the learner’s prior instruction.
Build it with objects. Draw it. Tell someone how it works.
A problem to explore
Six shelves each hold 4 jars. How many jars are on the shelves?
An adult may read the problem aloud. Explain your thinking with objects, a drawing, words, or an equation.
From a model to a little discovery.
The complete lesson includes two short teaching sessions, eight practice facts, a story problem, space to show thinking, cut-out fact cards, and a separate answer key for the grown-up.
Use Glow Math Facts as an practice companion. The printable lesson also works away from a screen. Full teaching materials are included with a paid adult account.
Grade 3 explores equal groups, arrays, related facts, and strategies within 100. Choose by readiness and prior teaching.
Glow’s suggested teaching sequence. Select by prior instruction and readiness; this focused fact-practice collection is not a complete mathematics curriculum or a placement test.