Visualizing Multiplication Facts Math Center Math Tiles
5.0 (50 reviews)Multiplication facts can be a challenge to teach when students don't begin with concrete visuals. Visualizing Multiplication Facts Math Tiles is a hands-on activity that takes students’ thinking beyond procedures and rote memorization. This engaging resource activates critical thinking and…
- Grade
- Grade 3, Grade 4
- Subject
- Math
- Pages
- 70
- Answer key
- Included
- Teaching duration
- 1 Month
- Digital download
Description
Multiplication facts can be a challenge to teach when students don’t begin with concrete visuals. Visualizing Multiplication Facts Math Tiles is a hands-on activity that takes students’ thinking beyond procedures and rote memorization. This engaging resource activates critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a deep understanding of multiplication. Students must place 10 number tiles (0-9) on the task cards in order to correctly solve 4 different multiplication facts.
This resource is now provided in printable and digital formats (Google Slides).
This resource includes:
- 30 different Time to Tile PRINTABLE cards
- An “Answer Recording Sheet,” where students can record their answers so they can be corrected later. This allows the resource to be used as a perfect independent or center activity.
- Answer keys
- Management and organization tips for successfully implementing Time to Tile in your classroom.
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Reviews
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Not appropriate for beginning of the year
This is very hard for me to implement until almost the third quarter. Week one has decimals, and my fourth graders don't learn about decimals until the third quarter. It also jumps into division and bigger multiplication early. I wish it had a few weeks of third-grade review.
Affixes Resource Pack
This was not exactly what I was looking for for a supplemental resource for my 5th grade class.
Not a "spiral" review
I wanted to like this so much because it was exactly what I wanted. But, Week 1 already starts talking about coordinate grids and volume, standards that aren't covered until later on in the school year. I wish it was organized by the order the standards are taught throughout the school year instead of introducing end-of-year concepts in the first few weeks.
Great Activities, but Limited Direct Instruction
This resource is advertised as a week-long unit, but in practice it functions more like one day of direct instruction followed by several activity days. There is only one PowerPoint for teaching, with the remaining materials focused on practice.
I expected a more balanced structure with instruction and assessment spread across multiple days. For example, I was able to use the PowerPoint and the second day’s worksheet within a single class period, and the “scoot” activity worked well for a separate day. However, I’m unsure how I’ll incorporate the remaining sketch notes, which might have been more effective if directly integrated into the initial instruction.
One major area for improvement is alignment between instruction and assessment. The assessments and task cards include concepts like “to be” verbs and auxiliary verbs, but these are not introduced or modeled in the PowerPoint. This created confusion for my students and could easily be developed into an additional day of instruction.
Overall, the materials are well-designed and engaging, but the unit would benefit from more comprehensive instruction and clearer alignment between teaching and assessment.
This starts off Running
I thought the assessments would get progressively harder but I do not feel I could start these assessments with my students week 1. I may be able to start them mid year
Questions & Answers (2)
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I couldn't tell by the preview, but are these separated into facts such as all 0s, or all 1s, etc? Or only mixed? Our district is moving to research based fact strategies and order so I'm looking for something to have them work/play with as we teach each one.
Also, because they are slides, they can be printed as well correct? I know the intent is online, but my students really need paper and pencil.
Hello! They are mixed facts, so you’ll have multiple facts on one card. You can print this resource or use it digitally. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Hello!
I bought this product and I believe that #1 has an error. On the colored version it is the yellow one. It says _____ rows of 3. This cannot be true because there are 3 rows of 7. I was hoping you could update the colored and B/W to fix this. Thank you :)
Hi Meghann! Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. We just uploaded a corrected version.
