Lesson Plan: Multiplying Two-Digit Numbers: Partial Products Mathematics • 4th Grade
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number by adding partial products.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number by adding partial products,
- record calculations using the expanded column method,
- identify how the numbers in the written method relate to the numbers in an area model.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- modeling multiplication using an area model.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- the formal algorithm for column multiplication.