Lesson of the Month for August 2025 -- Multiplication Using Sets

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The FREE Brick Math Lesson of the Month is basic and required learning for Multiplication. The lesson shows how multiplication references sets of items, and modeling with bricks makes it clear to young learners. To get this lesson, click here, and you'll also get a new free Brick Math lesson every month after that. It's important that students understand the concept of sets of items when they first learn about multiplication. In this lesson, students model sets with small [...]

The FREE Brick Math Lesson of the Month is basic and required learning for Multiplication. The lesson shows how multiplication references sets of items, and modeling with bricks makes it clear to young learners. To get this lesson, click here, and you'll also get a new free Brick Math lesson every month after that.

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It's important that students understand the concept of sets of items when they first learn about multiplication. In this lesson, students model sets with small bricks and use long bricks as the dividers between sets to clearly show how many sets and how many within each set. It sounds simple, but until students understand this idea, they will have trouble with the whole concept of multiplication. Modeling with bricks makes it easy to learn!

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This Lesson of the Month shows pages from the Multiplication Teacher Edition first, and then shows the corresponding workbook pages for students to use from the companion Multiplication Student Edition. Students start with a concrete representation of the math by building brick models, then move to a more abstract representation by drawing the models, then finally develop a fully abstract understanding of the math when they describe it in words. In this way, Brick Math helps students gain a deep, true understanding of math, which sets them up for future success as they move through the K-8 curriculum.

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The Brick Math curriculum is divided into 13 separate content areas: 
Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, 
​Basic Fractions, Basic Measurement, Fraction Multiplication, Fraction Division, Advanced Measurement and Geometry, Decimals, Data and Statistics, and Pre-Algebra. 

​Students can start anywhere in the curriculum. Brick Math can be used as a complete math curriculum or brought in as a supplement to help students who aren't having math success with other programs.

​Check BrickMath.com to learn more!

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