Multiplication Practice Printable Handouts

 Multiplication Practice Printable

Looking for quick, explicit practice in multiplication for your students?  Maybe you need an activity for your substitute or to give for independent practice.  These would work great for tutorials.  The best part - print and you're done! 

Get the packet here!

In this unit you will get 3 levels of multiplication practice with 4 activities in each level.  Grade level range is intended for 4th - 6th grades, but could be used with advanced lower level or struggle upper level. There are 55 pages of printable handouts ready for use!

Level 1 is 2 and 3 digit X 1 digit.

Level 2 is 2 and 3 digit X 2 digits.

Level 3 is multiplying with decimals.

All levels have similar activities:

• Basic Practice Task Cards - Use the task cards as a center, a scoot, or even small group collaborative work.  The answer page can be in a secure location, given only when evidence of real work is complete.  The steps are all included in the answer document to encourage finding why they missed the problem.
• Quick Practice Strips - These quick practice strips can be used as a warm up, exit ticket, or even homework.  
• Puzzle Practice Worksheet - There is a riddle to solve as multiplication problems are worked.  Great for independent practice and homework.
• Word Problem Task Cards - Word problems are exclusively the same skill as the other problems in the level.  They are designed to give solid examples of applying the math skill.  Use the task cards as a center, scoot around the room or even small collaborative group work.  Answer key is provided.

Read Aloud with Class Book Extension Through the Year

Every month I like to create class books based on a read aloud I do in the library. These lessons are appropriate for Kinder, 1st and 2nd grades.   I work with the classroom teachers to connect what I'll be reading and we'll be writing with what is happening in the classroom.  It is so much fun to bind their books and then deliver them directly to their classrooms.  I try to quietly sneak in their classroom and place it in the class library, but so often someone sees me and they all start getting excited about their book and want to see it. Teachers tell me these books are the most sought after books for students to place in their book boxes.  Get the growing lesson bundle here or look for individual lessons below.

Here is a typical list of the read alouds and class book extensions I do during the year...

September: Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack by Lyn Rossiter McFarland (or other apple related book)

 

This lesson helps jump start a year's worth of learning, writing and sharing in the library.  It is the perfect lesson to coordinate at the beginning of the school year when classroom themes generally relate to apples, either through science and observation or reading.   Get the free lesson here.

October: Fireman Small by Wong Herbert Yee

This lesson coordinates with a classroom unit on fire safety.  Reading of a fictional story about a fireman, then picking out the fire safety rules in the story.  Students will then create a class book with the fire safety rule of their choice.  Find the lesson here.

November: Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

 Lesson coming soon!

December: The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza by David Shannon

Lesson coming soon!

January: Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems

    

This lesson introduces young readers to book awards, specifically Caldecott and the works of Mo Willems.  After reading Knuffle Bunny Too, students then extend the illustration style to a class made book.  Find the lesson here.

February: Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

Lesson coming soon!

March: One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice

 

This lesson coordinates what students are learning about parts of plants in the classroom, learning from a nonfiction book about potato plants and a creative writing about what they would want to have magically duplicate.  Find the lesson here.

April: Billy & Milly Short & Silly by Eve B. Feldman

In this story word family story, students will see how a string of rhyming words can tell a story.  Then in the lesson, students will build word families using rimes, then turn chosen words from a word family into a short story.  Their one page stories will be gathered into a class book.  Find the lesson here.

May: Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates

Lesson coming soon!

Fictional Character Election

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The Key to Extraordinary

Find the book here.

Finding your destiny.  Is our destiny just one thing we might do that is extraordinary, or the things we do in every day life that matter the most?  A book to make you think!  

Making Banners

I had fun creating my own banners for the library.  I can see myself making more displays with this easy to assemble set.

Get the file here!

Building Reading Habits

After a summer of research on motivating readers and independent reading, I will be spending much of my time helping my students build positive reading habits.  I read No More Reading Without Support by Debbie Miller,

No More Reading for Junk by Barbara Marinak,

and Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller.

All these books have inspired some changes for my library program this year.  Stay tuned!

To start the year, we are talking about building strong reading habits.  Here is a survey I used to assess where my students stand now.  I plan to reassess at the end of the school year.

Library Joke Bookmarks

To celebrate April Fool's Day I have invited my whole school (650+) to visit me in the library for some "joking" around.  Jokes are fun, kids love jokes and we just can't get enough of them.  So, instead of them pulling a "fast one" on us, let's give them a few...

Here are 24 bookmarks with 24 different corny library, reading and/or book-related jokes for any age that appreciates a fun joke. My plan is to give a set to each classroom in my school.  Enjoy!

Library Joke Bookmarks  Freebie!