📘 Get your 3rd-grade students excited during math instruction and small group time with this scaffolded distributive property–themed multiplication packet! Perfect for classroom teachers and intervention groups, this no-prep resource builds deep conceptual understanding of multiplication by guiding students from identifying rows and columns in arrays to independently partitioning arrays and adding partial products.

⭐ Skills Covered:

• Identifying rows and columns in arrays
• Writing multiplication sentences from arrays
• Partitioning arrays into two smaller arrays
• Adding partial products
• Using the distributive property to solve multiplication problems

⏱️ Easy to Use:

Just print and go—no prep required!

📅 This Product Includes:

• Scaffolded student practice pages that progress from guided to independent
• Identify Rows & Columns worksheets
• Partition Arrays worksheets
• Partition and Add the Arrays worksheets
• Independent practice pages (students choose how to partition)
• Complete, teacher-friendly answer keys with clear tables

📦 Perfect For:

• 3rd-grade math instruction
• Small groups and intervention
• Reteaching multiplication strategies
• Supporting struggling learners and ELLs

👩🏽‍🏫 Ways to Use:

• Whole Group: Model array partitioning and distributive thinking together.
• Small Group: Reinforce concepts with scaffolded, hands-on practice.
• Independent Practice: Allow students to choose how to partition arrays and explain their thinking.
  

📌 Make math instruction more meaningful with this comprehensive and scaffolded resource that helps students truly understand multiplication and the distributive property.