Teach with purpose

This PowerPoint lesson focuses on understanding patterns of multiplying by 4 and how that can help us solve facts when we multiply by 8. It is packed with excellent visuals and lots of story problems for application. The following ideas are included: -looking at a hundreds chart to find patterns with 4s and 8s -the distributive property with visuals (breaking 8 problems into two 4s and adding the products) -using music smarts to remember the multiples of 4 -solving story problems using a va