Math Worksheets and Lesson Plans - Dice Games

Dice Games

#1
I use a 100's chart and stop at 50. You need 2 dice and one cube with 4 green sides and 2 red sides. I bought plain cubes and put small red or green stickers on the side. Each child has a 100's chart-I blew them up and laminated them. You also need bingo chips-I use the colored see through ones, 2 different colors, one for the class color and one for my color. Each child needs one of each color. We play this as a whole group for the first few times, the class against me. Each child will get a turn to roll. I let the kids start. One child rolls the dice and the cube together. They call out the #'s on the dice, we all add them up and then the child tells us if the cube is red or green. If it is green, we all the move class bingo chip ahead that # of spaces or if the cube is red, we move it back that # of spaces. Then it is my turn to roll. And, depending on the cube color, I either move ahead or back. The first one to 50 wins. It is important that everyone moves the right color chip the correct # of spaces. We usually verify which space each color is one after each move. The kids LOVE this game!

#2
Another game with dice is to have a piece of paper with the #'s 2-12, one # on each line. Decide how many times you want to go through the class, I usually do 2 rounds. After each child takes a turn, make a tally mark by the # thrown. See which # wins. The kids can make a guess before you start as to which # will win-the one with the most tallies by the time each child has 2 turns. They get really excited. Another was to do this is in a graph form. Make it 12 squares high with the #'s 2-12 along the bottom. Each time they roll, they color in a square for that # and see which one gets to the top first. You can do this in groups then they can compare their graphs. They love to see who has which # that won because most groups will each have a different winner.
Submitted by: Debbie

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