1. By Learning about Gavin®
Learn Your Sevens
By Learning about Gavin®
MathOnMonday© (March 2000)
7 x 2
Gavin’s Shoe
7 x 3
Gavin’s Tree
7 x 4
Gavin’s Door
7 x 5
Gavin’s Hive
7 x 6
Gavin’s Sick
7 x 7
Gavin’s Heaven
7 x 8
Gavin Ate
7 x 9
Gavin’s Pine

2. Gavin’S SHOE is FOR the TEAM
Gavin wanted to join the football team! He went to his grandpa’s house and told his grandpa that he did not have the shoes to play. “Let’s look in my attic!”, grandpa said. Sure enough, grandpa found the shoes he wore many years ago. “I love you grandpa!”, Gavin cheered when he got the shoes. All his teammates loved Gavin’s special shoes so they all asked their grandpa’s to look for the old style shoes. Gavin’s Shoe is For The Team!
7 x 2 = 14

3. Gavin’S SHOE is FOR the TEAM
7 x 2 = ?
Gavin’s Shoe
Gavin’S SHOE is FOR the TEAM
7 x 2 = 14

4. Gavin’s Tree Is Plenty Fun
Gavin’s mom was a super carpenter! They moved to a new town because her construction job ended. Since they moved to a small town in the summer, Gavin had trouble meeting new friends and he was sad. Mom sent him to camp to make friends. When he returned, Gavin saw a wonderful tree house that his mom made in the yard. When the kids in town saw the tree house they came to play because Gavin’s Tree is Plenty Fun!
7 x 3 = 21

5. Gavin’S Tree is Plenty Fun
7 x 3 = ?
Gavin’s Tree
Gavin’S Tree is Plenty Fun
7 x 3 = 21

6. Gavin’S DOOR has PLENTY GATES
Gavin always wanted a special door to his room. Dad was spent a lot of time in Europe. He found the perfect door for Gavin. It had many gates that he could open. He let the dog in through the bottom gates, mom would give Gavin snacks through the middle gates, and he would fly his helicopter through the upper gates. Gavin’s Door has Plenty Gates!
7 x 4 = 28

7. Gavin’S Door has Plenty Gates
7 x 4 = ?
Gavin’s Door
Gavin’S Door has Plenty Gates
7 x 4 = 28

8. Gavin’S HIVE is DIRTY HIVE
Gavin’s bedroom was a mess! He called his room “The Hive” because his mom had a real beehive out back. The bees made honey and the bees had many friends. Gavin loved honey and loved to have friends over. They always buzzed around having fun. Gavin’s mom would say ‘No honey, honey till you clean your hive!” But usually, Gavin’s Hive is a Dirty Hive
7 x 5 = 35

9. Gavin’S Hive is Dirty Hive
7 x 5 = ?
Gavin’s Hive
Gavin’S Hive is Dirty Hive
7 x 5 = 35

10. Gavin’s Sick with “Shorty” Flue
When Gavin started 4th grade he was teased because he was very short! Sometimes Gavin stayed home pretending he was sick. His older brother would say, “Gavin’s Sick with Shorty Flu!”
7 x 6 = 42

11. Gavin’S Sick with Shorty Flue!
7 x 6 = ?
Gavin’s Sick
Gavin’S Sick with Shorty Flue!
7 x 6 = 42

12. Gavin’s Heaven is a Fort of Mine
Gavin loved to build snow forts! Gavin and his friends would play all day having snowball fights with his neighbors. Gavin loved his fort so much he would say, ”My fort is my Heaven”. Yes, Gavin’s Heaven is a Fort of Mine.
7 x 7 = 49

13. Gavin’S Heaven is a Fort of Mine
7 x 7 = ?
Gavin’s Heaven
Gavin’S Heaven is a Fort of Mine
7 x 7 = 49

14. Gavin Ate the 50 Trix
Gavin wanted Trix for breakfast every day. His mom knew too much sugar was bad for growing young boys. She said “You can have only 50 Trix along with your healthy breakfast. So everyday, Gavin Ate the Fifty Trix.
7 x 8 = 56

15. 7 x 8 = ?
Gavin Ate
Gavin Ate the 50 Trix
7 x 8 = 56

16. Gavin’s Pine is a Sickly Tree
Grandpa lived on a mountain top and Gavin lived in a valley. Every winter they would bring home a pine tree to decorate for the holidays. Gavin would transplant the pine into the yard each spring. By the summer the tree would get sick and die. Gavin learned that pines needed to be in their own habitat. In the mountains Gavin’s pine was a healthy tree. In his garden, Gavin’s Pine is a Sickly Tree!
7 x 9 = 63

17. Gavin’s Pine is a Sickly Tree
7 x 9 = ?
Gavin’s Pine
Gavin’s Pine is a Sickly Tree
7 x 9 = 63

18. SEVEN SUMMARY 1
7 x 9
Gavin’s Pine
7 x 3
Gavin’s Tree
7 x 8
Gavin Ate
7 x 7
Gavin’s Heaven
7 x 6
Gavin’s Sick
7 x 4
Gavin’s Door
7 x 5
Gavin’s Hive
7 x 2
Gavin’s Shoe

19. = 63 = 21 = 56 = 49 = 42 = 28 = 35 = 14 Sickly Tree Plenty Fun
SEVEN SUMMARY 2
= 63
Sickly Tree
= 21
Plenty Fun
= 56
Fifty Trix
= 49
Fort Of Mine
= 42
Shorty Flu
= 28
Plenty Gates
= 35
Dirty Hive
= 14
For the Team

20. is a Sickly Tree is Plenty Fun the Fifty Trix is a Fort of Mine
SEVEN SUMMARY 3
Gavin’s Pine
is a Sickly Tree
Gavin’s Tree
is Plenty Fun
Gavin Ate
the Fifty Trix
Gavin’s Heaven
is a Fort of Mine
Gavin’s Sick
with Shorty Flu
Gavin’s Door
has Plenty Gates
Gavin’s Hive
is a Dirty Hive
Gavin’s Shoe
is For the Team

21. SEVEN SUMMARY 4
7 x 9 = 63
Gavin’s Pine is a Sickly Tree
7 x 3 = 21
Gavin’s Tree is Plenty Fun
7 x 8 = 56
Gavin Ate the Fifty Trix
7 x 7 = 49
Gavin’s Heaven is a Fort of Mine
7 x 6 = 42
Gavin’s Sick with Shorty Flu
7 x 4 = 28
Gavin’s Door has Plenty Gates
7 x 5 = 35
Gavin’s Hive is a Dirty Hive
7 x 2 = 14
Gavin’s Shoe is For the Team

22. Wow! You Learned Your Sevens!
7 x 9 = 63
7 x 2 = 14
7 x 3 = 21
7 x 4 = 28
7 x 5 = 35
7 x 8 = 56
7 x 6 = 42
7 x 7 = 49
Gavin’s Shoe is For the Team
Gavin’s Tree is Plenty Fun
Gavin’s Door has Plenty Gates
Gavin’s Hive is a Dirty Hive
Gavin’s Sick with Shorty Flu
Gavin’s Heaven is a Fort of Mine
Gavin Ate the Fifty Trix
Gavin’s Pine is a Sickly Tree