It was getting rather long, so the stuff from Friday Oct 30 is here:

Class part 1: Commutative and distributive laws.
Optional to watch:
Array mult
Commutative law
distributive law
Homework to do: Write your explanation of the commutative and distributive laws

Class part 2: Strategies for multiplication facts.
Optional to watch:
Skip counting
9's trick
Doubling and counting up or down
Distributive law: breaking up into known facts
Homework : From the Math Trailblazers: Teachers site, read the TIMS Tutor on Math Facts pages 258-260 (Multiplication and Division facts Strategies)
And answer these questions.
1. Give 3 examples of how to find a multiplication fact by skip counting (you should be skip counting by 3 different numbers)
2. Give 2 examples of how to find a multiplication fact by doubling twice.
3. Give 3 examples of how to find a multiplication fact by counting up or down from a known fact
4. Give 2 examples of how to find a multiplication fact by breaking it up into known facts.
5. Show 3 ways of finding 6x7
6. Show 3 ways of finding 4x7