Host a "Get Factivated" Math Night at your school and motivate students/parents to work on Multiplication & Division facts at home! Below are some ideas for classroom games/centers to make your event fun for all who come, while providing meaningful practice and resources for parents to use at home. Send YOUR great ideas to include on this page!
Create a Flipbook Set
Description: Students and parents can work together to create a set of flipbooks that give simple strategies for every Multiplication fact, Materials: Flipbook Copies, Scissors
FOLDING FLIPBOOKS VIDEO
Flipbooks- FREE DOWNLOAD
Print Front| Print Inside Lesson 1- Zeroes & Ones
Print Front| Print Inside Lesson 2- Twos
Print Front| Print Inside Lesson 3- Fives
Print Front| Print Inside Lesson 4- Nines
Print Front| Print Inside Lesson 5- Sixes (6X4, 6X6, 6X8)
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Lesson 6- Fun Facts 1 (7X6, 3X4, 7X8)
Lesson 7- Fun Facts 2 (6X3, 7X3, 8X4)
Lesson 8- Squares (3X3, 7X7, 8X8)
Lesson 9- Final Facts (8X3, 4X7, 4X4)
Multiplication Bingo
Materials: Multiplication Bingo Gameboards, Markers, Prizes
Multiplication Movieroom
Description: Choose one classroom to serve popcorn and show the Factivation Full Videos (approx. 10-15 mins. each). (Suggestion: 3rd show Lessons 1-4, 4th-5th show Lessons 5-9)
Contact info@factivation.com for a temporary login if your school does not have a subscription. Include your e-mail and the date of your event: All PC schools can show videos free for Family Math Night
Fast Facts- Race your Parents
Description: Students can race their parents on chosen fact sets.
Materials: Fluency Builders, timers, pencils
Print all Fluency Builder activities free to use at Family Math Night
FLUENCY BUILDER VIDEO
Fluency Builders- FREE DOWNLOAD
Lesson 5- Sixes (6X4, 6X6, 6X8)
MORE Fluency Builders- Available by Subscription
Lesson 6- Fun Facts 1 (7X6, 3X4, 7X8)
Lesson 7- Fun Facts 2 (6X3, 7X3, 8X4)
Lesson 8- Squares (3X3, 7X7, 8X8)
Lesson 9- Final Facts (8X3, 4X7, 4X4)
Build-a-Fact
Description: Students choose a fact and use manipulatives to build models/arrays
Materials: Factivation!® Fact Mats, m&m’s, goldfish, pennies, flashcards
Print all Fact Mats free to use at Family Math Night
Fact Mats- FREE DOWNLOAD
Concept Mat: Goldfish | Goldfish Array
Concept Mat: Pennies | Penny Array
Concept Mat: M&M's | M&M Array
Multiplication Game: “Linking Products”
Description: Students challenge their parents to link 4 products in a row
Materials: Linking Products gameboards & instructions, markers (2 colors only), 2 paperclips per gameboard
Print gameboard & instructions free to use at Family Math Night
FREE DOWNLOAD:
Linking Products Gameboard 1 (Use for Lessons 1-4 facts)
Linking Products Gameboard 2 (Use for Lessons 5-9 facts)
Multiples Fact Walk
Description: Like a cakewalk, the "factwalk" simply uses multiples of 6, for example, rather than just 1,2,3,4,5,etc. As the music is played and students walk, they are walking from 0 to 6 to 12 to 18, etc., reinforcing all multiples of 6. When the music is stopped, the FACT is announced. (Ex: The winner is Blue 6X3. The student on Blue 18 wins the cake, or other prize).
Materials: prizes, colored paper, music
