Handy Helpers A Handy Classroom Tool By Mary M. Edwards medwards@opsb.net This slide is timed for 6 seconds to allow time for the students to get the Handy Helper Binders.

Practice Makes Perfect Multiplication Handy Helpers This mouse indicated that this slide needs a click. This allows more time for the students to get their binders open to The Two-Timers.

The Two-Timers Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This slide is timed for 6 seconds. The students should be turned to this page. The timing allows time for you to give the directions to “Turn to the hands.” That keeps them from getting ahead of the other students. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

The timing is 11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the page to transition.

Timing: 11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for page turning.

□ 1’s 2 □ 2’s 4 □ 3’s 6 □ 4’s 8 2 □ 5’s 10 □ 6’s 12 2 □ 7’s 14 2 □ 8’s 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 2 □ 1’s 2 □ 2’s 4 2 □ 3’s 6 2 □ 4’s 8 2 □ 5’s 10 10 seconds for the cards + 1 seconds for slide transition. 2 □ 6’s 12 2 □ 7’s 14 2 □ 8’s 16 2 □ 9’s 18 2 □10’s 20

Keep time like the pendulum on a Grandfather clock Keep time like the pendulum on a Grandfather clock. Hold up the pointer finger on your right hand, slant it to the left, pause, then slant it to the right to skip count the multiples of two: “2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20” slant left right This page requires a mouse click. For the first two weeks practicing the Handy Helpers, this is where it stops each day. On the 3rd week of practice, click to add The Fisherman Threes for the 3rd and 4th week of daily practice. “Tick tock. It’s time to stop.” slant left right

The Fisherman Threes Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow students to get on the page and ready to turn to the hands’ pages with your directions. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

Each hand page is timed for 10 seconds for the fingers and 1 second for transition.

2 seconds for each finger + 1 for turning the page.

□ 1’s 3 □ 2’s 6 □ 3’s 9 □ 4’s 12 3 □ 5’s 15 □ 6’s 18 3 □ 7’s 21 3 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 3 □ 1’s 3 □ 2’s 6 3 □ 3’s 9 3 □ 4’s 12 3 □ 5’s 15 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 3 □ 6’s 18 3 □ 7’s 21 3 □ 8’s 24 3 □ 9’s 27 3 □10’s 30

Grab your fishin’ line, hold it up, and say, “Got ‘em!” Let’s go fishing for the threes! Hold up your fishing pole. Skip count by casting, reeling in, and reciting the multiples of three with each movement: “3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30” cast reel cast reel cast reel cast reel cast reel out in out in out in out in out in Grab your fishin’ line, hold it up, and say, “Got ‘em!” The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Fighter Fours for the fifth and sixth week of practice.

The Fighter Fours Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages when you tell them. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s 4 □ 2’s 8 □ 3’s 12 □ 4’s 16 4 □ 5’s 20 □ 6’s 24 4 □ 7’s 28 4 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 4 □ 1’s 4 □ 2’s 8 4 □ 3’s 12 4 □ 4’s 16 4 □ 5’s 20 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 4 □ 6’s 24 4 □ 7’s 28 4 □ 8’s 32 4 □ 9’s 36 4 □10’s 40

Now, thumb your nose like a professional boxer. Skip count by making a fist with both hands and punching the air for each product. Begin with your left fist and recite as you punch the air: “4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40” left right left right left right left right left right punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch punch Now, thumb your nose like a professional boxer. The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Marching Fives for the 7th and 8th week of practice.

The Marching Fives Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages when you give the directions. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s 5 □ 2’s 10 □ 3’s 15 □ 4’s 20 5 □ 5’s 25 □ 6’s 30 5 □ 7’s 35 5 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 5 □ 1’s 5 □ 2’s 10 5 □ 3’s 15 5 □ 4’s 20 5 □ 5’s 25 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 5 □ 6’s 30 5 □ 7’s 35 5 □ 8’s 40 5 □ 9’s 45 5 □10’s 50

Skip count by marching with the fives Skip count by marching with the fives. Sitting in your desk, begin to march and recite: “Left, right, left. Left, right, left, and….” “5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50” left right left right left right left right left right foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot foot The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Jazzy Sixes for the 9th and 10th week of practice. “Salute!”

The Jazzy Sixes Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and get ready for your directions to turn to the hands’ pages. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 12 □ 3’s 18 □ 4’s 24 □ 5’s 30 □ 6’s 36 □ 7’s 42 □ 8’s 48 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 6 □ 1’s 6 □ 2’s 12 6 □ 3’s 18 6 □ 4’s 24 6 □ 5’s 30 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 6 □ 6’s 36 6 □ 7’s 42 6 □ 8’s 48 6 □ 9’s 54 6 □ 10’s 60

Continue to snap your fingers while nodding your head. Skip count the sixes by snapping your fingers on either your right or left hand. Begin by nodding your head, snapping your fingers, and reciting: (- means a slight pause) “6 – 12 and 18 - ; 24 - 30 and 36 - ; 42 - 48 and 54 - ; a 60” “Oh, yea!” Continue to snap your fingers while nodding your head. The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Encore Sevens for the 11th and 12th week of practice.

The Encore Sevens Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 14 □ 3’s 21 □ 4’s 28 □ 5’s 35 □ 6’s 42 □ 7’s 49 □ 8’s 56 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 7 □ 1’s 7 □ 2’s 14 7 □ 3’s 21 7 □ 4’s 28 7 □ 5’s 35 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 7 □ 6’s 42 7 □ 7’s 49 7 □ 8’s 56 7 □ 9’s 63 7 □10’s 70

Skip count by clapping the syllables while reciting the multiples of seven. Sev-en four-teen twen-ty-one twen-ty-eight thir-ty-five for-ty-two clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Waving Eights for the 13th and 14th week of practice. for-ty-nine fif-ty-six six-ty-three sev-en-ty! Encore! Encore!” clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

The Waving Eights Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 16 □ 3’s 24 □ 4’s 32 □ 5’s 40 □ 6’s 48 □ 7’s 56 □ 8’s 64 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 8 □ 1’s 8 □ 2’s 16 8 □ 3’s 24 8 □ 4’s 32 8 □ 5’s 40 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 8 □ 6’s 48 8 □ 7’s 56 8 □ 8’s 64 8 □ 9’s 72 8 □10’s 80

Skip count by waving the products of 8. Begin to wave your left hand, then your right hand by saying: “Ready, and…” “8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80” left wave right The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Barbell Nines for the 15th and 16th week of practice. “Hello “Good Bye” left right wave wave

The Barbell Nines Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 18 □ 3’s 27 □ 4’s 36 □ 5’s 45 □ 6’s 54 □ 7’s 63 □ 8’s 72 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 9 □ 1’s 9 □ 2’s 18 9 □ 3’s 27 9 □ 4’s 36 9 □ 5’s 45 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 9 □ 6’s 54 9 □ 7’s 63 9 □ 8’s 72 9 □ 9’s 81 9 □10’s 90

Reach for the pretend barbells on your desk. With each hand holding a barbell, lift and lower the barbells to skip count the multiples of 9. “9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90” barbells up down The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Jump Rope Tens for the 17th and 18th week of practice. Wipe your brow and say “Whew!”

The Jump Rope Tens Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 20 □ 3’s 30 □ 4’s 40 □ 5’s 50 □ 6’s 60 □ 7’s 70 □ 8’s 80 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 10 □ 1’s 10 □ 2’s 20 10 □ 3’s 30 10 □ 4’s 40 10 □ 5’s 50 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 10 □ 6’s 60 10 □ 7’s 70 10 □ 8’s 80 10 □ 9’s 90 10 □10’s 100

Pretend to hold a jump rope Pretend to hold a jump rope. Swing it as if you’re jumping rope and recite: “Jump-in’ to the tens - In time with my friends. Read-y and, 10, 20, 30 – Learn your facts ear-ly. 40, 50, 60 – Don’t waste your time, be thrif-ty. 70, 80 90 – No time to be whi-ny – Now you’ll get that hundred on the facts’ test today!” (Now throw the rope down, and dust off your hands.) The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Stretchin’ Elevens for the 18th and 19th week of practice.

The Stretchin’ Elevens This page is timed for 6 seconds to allow the students to get on the page and be ready to turn to the hands’ pages. Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

11 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 22 □ 3’s 33 □ 4’s 44 □ 5’s 55 □ 6’s 66 □ 7’s 77 □ 8’s 88 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 11 ●●●●●●●●●●● 11 □ 1’s 11 □ 2’s 22 11 □ 3’s 33 11 □ 4’s 44 11 □ 5’s 55 11 □ 6’s 66 Timed 11 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 1 second for the slide transition. 11 □ 7’s 77 11 □ 8’s 88 11 □ 9’s 99 11 □ 10’s 110 11 □ 11’s 121

Place your hands on your hips Place your hands on your hips. Stretch your left hand up and back down to your hip, then your right hand up and back down to your hip as you say each group of words and product: “Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. And stretch – And stretch - 11, 22, 33, 44 – And stretch. And stretch. 55, 66, 77, 88 – and stretch – and stretch – 99, one hundred ten, one hundred twenty-one! – and stretch – and stretch – and stop. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. And rest.” The mouse indicates a mouse click to stop here or clicking to add The Echo Elevens for the 20th and 21st week of practice.

The Echo Twelves Turn the page and put your hands on the hands. When the dot appears, say the fact as you tap each finger.

11 seconds. 2 seconds for each finger + 1 second for transition to the next page.

15 seconds. 2 seconds per finger + 1 second for the students to turn the page.

□ 1’s □ 2’s 24 □ 3’s 36 □ 4’s 48 □ 5’s 60 □ 6’s 72 □ 7’s 84 □ 8’s 96 1 ● 2 ●● 3 ●●● 4 ●●●● 5 ●●●●● 6 ●●●●●● 7 ●●●●●●● 8 ●●●●●●●● 9 ●●●●●●●●● 10 ●●●●●●●●●● 11 ●●●●●●●●●●● 12 ●●●●●●●●●●●● 12 □ 1’s 12 □ 2’s 24 12 □ 3’s 36 12 □ 4’s 48 12 □ 5’s 60 12 □ 6’s 72 Timed 14 seconds: 1 second for each fact card + 2 seconds for the slide transition. 12 □ 7’s 84 12 □ 8’s 96 12 □ 9’s 108 12 □ 10’s 120 12 □ 11’s 132 12 □ 12’s 144

Pretend you are in the Grand Canyon Pretend you are in the Grand Canyon. Cup your hands around your mouth and say the product. Then cup your right hand to your ear and quietly say the “echo.” 12 24 36 48 60 72 This slide has a mouse click to end the show. 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 84 96 108 120 132 144