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Array Builder Build the array with your hands — see why groups × in-each makes the total. 
Predict the Product Guess how many in all first — then build the array to check. 
Fractions on the Line Guess where a fraction lands, then see the steps. 
Mixed Practice Shuffle the facts you've learned and bring them back to review. Build & explore
Array Builder Build the array with your hands — see why groups × in-each makes the total. Fair Share Deal a pile fairly into equal groups — the hands-on way to see division, quotient and leftover. How Many Groups? Make groups of a set size from a pile — the OTHER kind of division: you know how many in each, so how many groups fit? Break It Apart Split a hard times fact into two easy ones — see why the total stays the same. Predict the Product Guess how many in all first — then build the array to check. Why we multiply, not add. Fractions on the Line Guess where a fraction lands, then see the steps — predict, look, and find out why. Fade-Out Chant Learn a tricky times fact by heart — say it, then say it back as more and more words fade away.
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Equal Groups & Arrays Arrays & Turn-Arounds Fair Shares Fact Families Break-Apart Strategy Equal Parts Fractions on the Line Tiling & Area Area vs Perimeter Till It Pops Workshop Mix
Mixed practice — revisit what you've learned Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Arlo Multiplication — equal groups & arrays (hero) — a tidy ant who marches a crew into equal rows to make an array; repeated equal groups IS multiplication (CCSS 3.OA) -
Divi Division — a fair-minded otter who deals a pile out into equal groups; division is the array shared back out, and the inverse of a times fact (CCSS 3.OA) -
Parti Distributive / break-apart → fluency — a beaver who splits a hard fact into two easy known ones (7×8 = 7×5 + 7×3) and adds the parts (CCSS 3.OA.B.5) -
Una Unit fractions on the number line — a green inchworm who cuts a whole into exactly equal steps and stands on the line; 1/4 is a number, a place (CCSS 3.NF) -
Mosa Area & the array–area link — a slow, sure tortoise who tiles a rectangle with unit squares; area IS rows × columns, and the edge is perimeter (CCSS 3.MD) -
Zola Fact fluency (anti-shame) — a quick roadrunner who practices a fact till it pops; speed is a gift of kind practice, never a timed test, never a race lost (CCSS 3.OA.C.7) -
Marlo Mentor — a big-eared fennec fox who keeps the Times Workshop; meets every wrong answer with 'show me your thinking', never a sting; a mistake is a map, not a verdict