This lesson plan teaches 3rd grade students about multiplication equations using grouping through three main parts: an opener using a Google Doc to organize fruit into groups, a teacher-led mini lesson watching a video and creating multiplication equations for images, and a student-centered work period with three station choice activities using apps, websites, and flashcards to practice grouping objects and writing equations. The lesson closes by having students fill out a Google Form to check their understanding of multiplication concepts.

1. Lesson Plan Template
Lesson Title Understanding Multiplication Equations with Grouping
Grade 3rd Grade
Content Area Mathematics
CCGPS or GSE Standard(s) MGSE3.OA.1 Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g.,
interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups
of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in
which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 ×
7.
Link for why we only used one standard:
https://www.teacher.org/wp-
content/themes/teacher/scripts/lesson-
plans/generate_lesson_plan.php?id=even-or-odd-
nature-walk
ISTE Standards Empowered Learner, Knowledge Constructor,
Computational Thinking
Characteristics of
Meaningful Learning
Active, Intentional, Cooperative
Opener (10 minutes) We are going to pull open a Google Doc that we have made.
On the Google Doc, there is fruit scattered all over the page
and a chart for them to be placed in.
(7 min) We will ask one table at a time to come up and
place the fruit in the correct column on the Google Doc.
(3 min) After each group has placed the fruit in the chart,
we will total up the fruit in each column as a class. We will
then add up all of the totals.
Cooperative and Active learning; Computational
Thinking
Technology used: Google Docs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-kC-U-
rJxNry32N8M8Bio-yKX8AZZZdTQue--c_MslU/edit
Teacher-Centered
Mini-Lesson (20 minutes) Watch this video (3:43)

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD4zp8ruvaI
(8 minutes) After the video there will be a slideshow where
there will be images and the students will work together to
create a multiplication equation relevant to the image.
MGSE3.OA.1
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fHJukqk1W5Yd
3rBRPE4w2EEKf9Fvsq1-
x83FxpEnusQ/edit#slide=id.g47f48e6853_3_16
(8 minutes) Students will each have a piece of blank paper
and will be encouraged to draw pictures using groups and
objects. They will pass it to their neighbor next to them who
will write an equation.
Cooperative and Intentional Learning; Knowledge
Constructor
Technology used: Google Slides, YouTube Video
Student & Teacher-Centered
Work Period (25 minutes) We will have three tables that each student can choose from
before the work period is over. At each table, there will be a
different activity. They can move at their own pace and go
in any particular order. They can complete all three if there
is time, but can also complete one or two if that is all they
had time for.
● Choice 1: For this station students will need to use
snapchat or if they do not have it download the app
“QR Reader for iPhone”. There will be multiple
shapes laid out on the table and the students will
then have to group the shapes with the correct
multiplication problem. To check their answers the
students must use the scanning app on their phones
to check each problem with the QR Codes.
MGSE3.OA.1
Instructions-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uZWMgDln
NeMtjIQjSAh0CeVCDDKeoHBj_m1t0frroaU/edit?
usp=sharing
● Choice 2. There will be three piles of flashcards with
numbers written on them in specific colors.
Students will take a flashcard from the red pile and
one from the orange to make a number in the blue
pile. They will then upload the picture to the class
seesaw journal page. They must take at least 3
pictures. MGSE3.OA.1
Instructions-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_TeRlRDhrZEEhn
oYiQI8G_iDwf9HNshB/view?usp=sharing
● Choice 3: Go to this website

3. https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/e
arlymath/multiplicationPicnic.htm and play the
game. Start on Level 1 and continue playing until
you can move on to Level 2. MGSE3.OA.1
Instructions-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wc5bYhvth
nravCNimjwD8PXW54LTNYnkxRasxlk3g9Q/edit?
usp=sharing
Technology used: SeeSaw App, Website, QR Codes
Student-Centered
Computational Thinking, Empowered Learning;
active and intentional learning
Closer (5 minutes) Students will scan the QR code with their phones and fill
out the google form to ensure the students understand the
concepts taught in class. MGSE3.OA.1
Technology used: Google Forms and Google
Drawings
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyD1wLhT1
_QL7AsGwhEvGO7y4fJlknYOLIiEee0cYR5T2PdQ/viewfor
m?usp=sf_link
Student-Centered
Computational Thinking, Intentional Learning