Two-Digit by One-Digit multiplication with Strategies

I know what every Third Grade teacher out there is thinking:

"I would love to prepare my students for fourth grade...after all, no greater feeling than when our fourth grade teachers feel we did our job well!!"

Okay, maybe that's not exactly what you're thinking, but if you've ever received any accolades from the teachers in upper grades for how WELL you prepared their current students, then you understand this little feeling of joy i'm referring to. Of course, when we are teaching, we only think about our students 'passing some standardized test'; but friends...the picture is much bigger!

Move up a teach a higher grade and you will see what I mean. We can witness, first hand, the well-equipping of our students or the lack thereof, when you begin to teach students and they are quickly able to pick up the concept because they have retained the foundational skills in previous years. As a teacher who has taught everything from eighth grade down to fourth, I can say the feeling is amazing!

So third grade teachers, your fourth grade colleagues will be singing your praises when you appropriately disseminate the foundational strategies utilized in 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication. Should the vertical alignment go as planned...when those students pick up with this concept in fourth grade, they will feel quite successful! Thanks to you...

Multiplication Strategies (2-digit by 1-digit)