Area Dice Game.

Don't miss the following game, taken from: http://reliefteachingideas.com/area-dice-game/ 

Area Dice Game

• A game for 2 or 3 players.
• Each player chooses a colour pencil or texta they will use in the game.
• Players take turns rolling the dice, using the numbers that they rolled to draw the perimeter of a rectangle or square & writing the area in the middle of the shape.
• Game ends when players run out of room to draw.
• Winner is the player who has used the largest area/most squares.

A couple of tips:

Have the students add up their areas as they go so that it is easier for them to work out the winner in the end!

I always take with me a class set of dice, just in case I can’t locate any in the classroom that I’m in. You can usually find cheap dice in discount stores or on eBay.

I also take with me a book of 1cm grid paper. I buy this from a newsagency. Grid paper is handy to have for games like this one, maths, graphing, and creating word searches & crosswords.