Flash Card Fitness:Multiplication PE activity or BRAIN BREAK!

From PE with Coach Smith

Flash Card Fitness:Multiplication PE activity or BRAIN BREAK!
12 min3rd4th5thMathBrain Breaks
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Summary

A multiplication-and-movement activity from PE with Coach Smith. A flash card shows a multiplication fact; students solve it, then do the matching exercise — building math fact fluency while they move.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This PE with Coach Smith activity mixes math practice with movement.

  1. Which math facts did you practice while you were moving?
  2. Did moving help you remember the answers? Why or why not?
  3. Can you make up a problem and a matching exercise for a partner?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: addition, subtraction, fact fluency, odd, even.

Try it: Do the workout and solve each problem as it appears. Then make one flash card of your own with a matching exercise.