Visit the Songs for Teaching website to access the lyrics to "5 Times Table." Gather the class in a circle with everyone holding hands. Have them sing the lyrics of the first verse slowly. Make sure everyone is singing before proceeding to the second verse. Eventually, each child could sing a line, while the rest of the class responds with the chorus, "It's easy as can be." There are many variations that all involve the song, which will teach the students by way of repetition.
Visit the Teaching Ideas website, which features times table activities. Click on the sun depicted in the illustration. Read the first problem displayed on the screen aloud. Call on children to answer before the cannon blows a hole in the captain's ship. When the child calls out an answer, ask the rest of the class to raise their hand if they agree. Engage the entire class, and observe how many students are grasping the material.
Visit the Woodlands Junior High School website, which also offers times table activities. Load the applet, then read one of the problems out loud to the class. Tell everyone to figure it out, then to see if each student can spot it inside the blue box. When someone finds it, ask her to say the entire problem with the solution. Ask the class to raise their hands if they don't think the statement is true. Call on those who raise their hand and ask them to provide their answer. Continue this until an answer is no longer second-guessed.
Get ideas through HelpingWithMath.com. Project the "5x Table Game" onto the wall, then read one of the problems out loud. Wait while the students think, then call on someone with his hand raised. Ask the class to raise their hands if they agree with his solution, then count up the hands to see if they account for a majority of the class. If they do, try the answer; if they don't, ask someone with their hand down about the answer. Repeat this process until everyone agrees.