A labelling activity on array vocabulary for Year 2 maths. Pupils study an array of 15 apples in 3 rows of 5, then match five labelled points to the words array, column, row, equal group and total from the word bank. The answer key gives all five labels. Supports the England National Curriculum objectives on arrays and multiplication statements.
Number - multiplication and division
“Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts”
Naming rows, columns and equal groups is the groundwork for using arrays.
Number - multiplication and division
“Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs”
The vocabulary feeds straight into writing 3 × 5 statements from the array.
Five terms to place: total, equal group, row, array and column.
Five points marked A to E on a 3 by 5 apple array, each needing the right term.
All five labels confirmed, A to E.
Lesson starter
Label the array together before teaching multiplication sentences from arrays.
Working wall
Complete one copy as a class and display the labelled array all unit.
Intervention
Use with pupils who mix up rows and columns when reading arrays.
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