Congratulations, you’ve passed multiplication! Now it’s time to take it further and practice division with any version of Making Camp along with writing.

Activity 1 – Making Camp

  1. Open Making Camp. Go to the main choices screen by clicking on the small green icon with boxes at the lower left of the screen.
  2. Click NUMBERS.
  3. Click the box with the numbers to practice division.
Click the numbers box for division practice.
Each correct quotient earns a fridge magnet to decorate the fridge!

It’s time to buy items for the wigwam and decorate it.

Activity 2 – ELA Reading and Writing

So how did we get from a wigwam to a refrigerator? Let’s tie in Native American history with Sam’s life in the twenty-first century. Here is the introduction for Sam and his account:

This is Sam. He’s also Ojibwe but he’s not from a long time ago. He’s 16 years old. He lives on a reservation in the northern United States. You’ve probably heard of it. He doesn’t live in a wigwam. He lives in a white house with a grey roof. That’s the refrigerator in his house. The magnets have been there ever since he was in second grade.

Read the passage about Sam.

Writing Prompt

Read about Sam and write a story about him. What do you think happened to him in second grade? Why does everyone except for his cousin, Angie, think he’s not smart? Do you think he and Angie can really walk to Maine?

NOTE: Sam is a character from Forgotten Trail which teaches fractions, basic statistics, and Ojibwe history.

Standards Addressed

Math

Grade 3
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.C.7
Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.2
Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers

ELA

Grades 3 to 5 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3
CSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3

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