Session 7 Math Activity: Multiplication of Decimals
Physical Materials:
- Building a System of Tens Casebook
- Base-10 blocks
- Interlocking cubes
- Colored pencils
- Graph paper
Digital Materials:
- Math Activity 1: Multiplication of Decimals Interactive Slide Deck
- Math Activity 1: Multiplication of Decimals Google Doc
- Virtual Manipulatives
Instructions:
- Watch the introduction video below.
- Read Case 28 and then work through Parts 1-3.
- Watch the Synthesis Overview before working on Part 4.
- Work on Part 4 and then watch the following two videos to make sense of the procedure for multiplying decimals.
- Watch the Synthesis video below.
(Optional) Extended Synthesis:
In this video, Mike and Marta discuss the strategy from the Synthesis Video in greater detail.