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Ages: 7-11
Contributor:
Elizabeth Saunders
Contributor:
Elizabeth Saunders
I had a class of students who were having difficulty with tables. A colleague came up with this idea and it has worked for my class too. Across the top or the page you have letters of the alphabet. For example:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
Under each letter you place a number and repeat for 10 rows. Equals 100 numbers…
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
8 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
10 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
On the board you place the following: A2 B3 C4 D5 E6 F4 G8 H9 I2 J7
The children then have to multiply each column by the stated number (i.e. multiply the numbers in column A by 2, column B by 3 and so on).
Then each morning you start a timer and give the class 10 mins to complete the whole card. Each week you reduce the time by 1 minute.
By doing this you give the students much needed tables practice.