A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about using a tic tac toe strategy for listing multiples of a number. The idea was that kiddos unsure of their basic facts would use the strategy when performing multi-digit computation as a way of attending to precision (rather than guessing).
I was driving to school not long after the blog post and it dawned on me that the same concept would make a great little game! The kiddos already know how to play tic tac toe, so it’s an easy little workstation that they won’t get tired of playing. And Multiples Tic Tac Toe was born! Either laminate the board or place it in a plastic sleeve. Players will need wipe-off markers in two colors (see example below). You can either have students use a number cube to randomly generate the factor being used, or you can have students practice a table they are currently learning.
Grab your freebie here! Check out this blog post for an addends version. 🙂
Thanks, Donna, I am excited to use this when we go back in January. My students always confuse factors and multiples. I am hoping that this will be a fun way to practice… and that it will help them keep the idea of multiples in their heads. Thanks for sharing!
Kim
Finding JOY in 6th Grade
ALL students confuse factors and multiples, Kim! Fun practice is always good. 🙂
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing=)
~lisa
TGIF-Third Grade Is Fun
My pleasure, Lisa! I hope your kiddos enjoy it. 🙂
This will be perfect for math enrichment in January! Thank you!
You’re very welcome!
This is great! I’m trying to get small group math going with my 6th graders so this will be perfect. And of course, there are many that aren’t fluent with their math facts much less remember the difference between factors and multiples. 🙂
Shannon
http://ww.irunreadteach.wordpress.com
Glad it will be helpful to you and your kiddos, Shannon!
Donna,
You’ve become my ‘go-to’ resource whenever I need extra support for my struggling students. Thanks for all that you do!
Lori
It’s my pleasure, Lori, and I’m so happy to hear that you find my resources useful! 🙂
I teach first grade. This would be great for addition and subtraction practice. Is there any chance you could change the multiplication word? Thanks
Hmmmm, seems easy enough, Kristin. Thanks for the suggestion! Stay tuned… 🙂
Hi Donna,
Hope you are well and survived the holidays. The teachers here in Old Lyme are using lots of your suggestions and activities. So glad you were able to visit. Thanks for sharing this. I am going to share it with the 3rd grade teachers today.
Karen
Hi, Karen!! Good to hear from you! I’m so glad your teachers found my visit useful. They were such an enthusiastic group!
This will be great for my highly able kids who are begging for a challenge since our new curriculum has not offered much for them yet. Even though 2nd grade isnt doing multiplication yet they can easily use it to practice skip counting and eventually relate it to multiplication. The addition version will offer enoughnof a challenge for on level kids too!
Oh this is soooooo cool. I’m going to use this concept with multiplying fractions!!! Sooo Cool, thank you so very much!!!!
Hi! This is a wonderful idea! The link to this multiples freebie goes to the addends one. Any chance the multiples game is still available? Thank you!
Oh good grief!! Yes, just a mixup on my part. I can fix it tomorrow morning.
It’s actually fixed! I was able to do it on my phone.
Thank you so much!!