Handy Helpers A Handy Classroom Tool

Handy Helpers

A Handy Classroom Tool

By Mary M. Edwards

medwards@opsb.net

Practice Makes Perfect

Multiplication

Handy Helpers

The Two-TimersTurn the page and put your hands on the hands.

When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

2 ●●

3 ●●●

4 ●●●●

5 ●●●●●

6 ●●●●●●

7 ●●●●●●●

8 ●●●●●●●●

9 ●●●●●●●●●

10 ●●●●●●●●●●

2□ 6’s

2□ 1’s 2

2□ 2’s

2□ 3’s

2□ 4’s

2□ 5’s

2□ 7’s

2□ 8’s

2□ 9’s

2□10’s

Keep time like the pendulum on a Grandfather clock. Hold up the pointer finger on your right hand, slant it to the left, pause, then slant it to the right to skip count the multiples of two: “2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20”

slant left

slant right

slant left

slant right

slant left

slant right

slant left

slant right

slant left

slant right

“Tick tock. It’s time to stop.” slant left

slant right

slant left

slant right

slant left

slant right

Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

The Fisherman Threes

2 ●●

3 ●●●

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8 ●●●●●●●●

9 ●●●●●●●●●

10 ●●●●●●●●●●

3□10’s

3□ 6’s

3□ 1’s 3

3□ 2’s

3□ 3’s

3□ 4’s

3□ 5’s

3□ 7’s

3□ 8’s

3□ 9’s

Let’s go fishing for the threes! Hold up your fishing pole. Skip count by casting, reeling in, and reciting the multiples of three with each movement:

“3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30” cast reel cast reel cast reel cast reel cast reel out in out in out in out in out in

Grab your fishin’ line, hold it up, and say, “Got ‘em!”

The Fighter Fours

Turn the page and put your hands on the hands.When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

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3 ●●●

4 ●●●●

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6 ●●●●●●

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10 ●●●●●●●●●●

4□10’s

4□ 1’s 4

4□ 2’s

4□ 3’s

4□ 4’s

4□ 5’s

4□ 6’s

4□ 7’s

4□ 8’s

4□ 9’s

Skip count by making a fist with both hands and punching the air for each product. Begin with your left fist and recite as you punch the air:

“4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40” left right left right left right left right left right

punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch

Now, thumb your nose like a professional boxer.

The Marching Fives

2 ●●

3 ●●●

4 ●●●●

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9 ●●●●●●●●●

10 ●●●●●●●●●●

5□ 1’s 5

5□ 2’s

5□ 3’s

5□ 4’s

5□ 5’s

5□ 6’s

5□ 7’s

5□ 8’s

5□10’s

5□ 9’s

Skip count by marching with the fives. Sitting in your desk, begin to march and recite:

“Left, right, left. Left, right, left, and….”

“5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50” left right left right left right left right left right

foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot

“Salute!”

The Jazzy Sixes

2 ●●

3 ●●●

4 ●●●●

5 ●●●●●

6 ●●●●●●

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6□ 10’s 60

6□ 1’s 6

6□ 2’s 12

6□ 3’s 18

6□ 4’s 24

6□ 5’s 30

6□ 6’s 36

6□ 7’s 42

6□ 8’s 48

6□ 9’s 54

Skip count the sixes by snapping your fingers on either your right or left hand. Begin by nodding your head, snapping your fingers, and reciting: (- means a slight pause)

“6 – 12 and 18 - ; 24 - 30 and 36 - ; 42 - 48 and 54 - ;

a 60” “Oh, yea!”

Continue to snap your fingers while nodding your head.

The Encore Sevens

2 ●●

3 ●●●

4 ●●●●

5 ●●●●●

6 ●●●●●●

7 ●●●●●●●

8 ●●●●●●●●

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10 ●●●●●●●●●●

7□10’s 70

7□ 1’s 7

7□ 2’s 14

7□ 3’s 21

7□ 4’s 28

7□ 5’s 35

7□ 6’s 42

7□ 7’s 49

7□ 8’s 56

7□ 9’s 63

Skip count by clapping the syllables while reciting the multiples of seven.

Sev-en four-teen twen-ty-one twen-ty-eight thir-ty-five for-ty-two

for-ty-nine fif-ty-six six-ty-three sev-en-ty! Encore! Encore!”

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

The Waving Eights

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8□ 1’s 8

8□ 2’s 16

8□ 3’s 24

8□ 4’s 32

8□ 5’s 40

8□ 6’s 48

8□ 7’s 56

8□ 8’s 64

8□ 9’s 72

8□10’s 80

Skip count by waving the products of 8. Begin to wave your left hand, then your right hand by saying:

“Ready, and…”

“8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80” left

waveright

waveleft

wave right wave

left wave

rightwave

left wave

rightwave

left wave

right wave

“Hello “Good Bye” left right wave wave

The Barbell Nines

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10 ●●●●●●●●●●

9□ 1’s 9

9□ 2’s 18

9□ 3’s 27

9□ 4’s 36

9□ 5’s 45

9□ 6’s 54

9□ 8’s 72

9□ 9’s 81

9□ 7’s 63

9□10’s 90

Reach for the pretend barbells on your desk. With each hand holding a barbell, lift and lower the barbells to skip count the multiples of 9.

“9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90”barbells

upbarbells

downbarbells

upbarbells

downbarbells

upbarbells

downbarbells

upbarbells

down barbells

upbarbells

Wipe your brow and say “Whew!”

The Jump Rope Tens

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10□ 1’s 10

10□ 2’s 20

10□ 3’s 30

10□ 4’s 40

10□ 5’s 50

10□ 6’s 60

10□ 7’s 70

10□ 8’s 80

10□ 9’s 90

10□10’s100

Pretend to hold a jump rope. Swing it as if you’re jumping rope and recite:

“Jump-in’ to the tens - In time with my friends. Read-y

and, 10, 20, 30 – Learn your facts ear-ly. 40, 50, 60 –

Don’t waste your time, be thrif-ty. 70, 80 90 – No time

to be whi-ny – Now you’ll get that hundred on the facts’

test today!” (Now throw the rope down, and dust off your hands.)

The Stretchin’ Elevens

2 ●●

3 ●●●

4 ●●●●

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11□ 1’s 11

11□ 2’s 22

11□ 3’s 33

11□ 4’s 44

11□ 5’s 55

11□ 6’s 66

11□ 7’s 77

11□ 8’s 88

11□ 9’s 99

11□ 10’s

11□ 11’s

Place your hands on your hips. Stretch your left hand up and back down to your hip, then your right hand up and back down to your hip as you say each group of words and product:

“Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

And stretch – And stretch - 11, 22, 33, 44 – And

stretch. And stretch. 55, 66, 77, 88 – and stretch –

and stretch – 99, one hundred ten, one hundred

twenty-one! – and stretch – and stretch – and stop.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

And rest.”

The Echo Twelves

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12□ 1’s 12

12□ 2’s 24

12□ 3’s 36

12□ 4’s 48

12□ 5’s 60

12□ 6’s 72

12□ 7’s 84

12□ 8’s 96

12□ 9’s108

12□ 10’s

12□ 11’s

12□ 12’s

Pretend you are in the Grand Canyon. Cup your hands around your mouth and say the product. Then cup your right hand to your ear and quietly say the “echo.”

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