This booklet describes a range of activities to develop mental strategies using a string of dice that can be rearranged to make explicit the choice of strategies. The program allows you to choose:

  • the number of dice to throw (anything from 2 dice to 6 dice)
  • whether to work with dice from 1 – 6 or from 1 – 9
  • which mental strategies you would like the students to focus on.

After a whole-class session on the IWB, students can break into groups of 2 or 3 and practice the strategies and representations using their own dice.

Dice Strings supports the teaching of the ACM Number and Place Value strand for Year 1: ACMNA012, ACMNA013 and ACMNA014 and  Year 2: ACMNA026, ACMNA027 and ACMNA028.

  • Description

    This booklet describes a range of activities to develop mental strategies using a string of dice that can be rearranged to make explicit the choice of strategies. The program allows you to choose:

    • the number of dice to throw (anything from 2 dice to 6 dice)
    • whether to work with dice from 1 – 6 or from 1 – 9
    • which mental strategies you would like the students to focus on.

    After a whole-class session on the IWB, students can break into groups of 2 or 3 and practice the strategies and representations using their own dice.

  • Australian Curriculum Links

    Dice Strings supports the teaching of the ACM Number and Place Value strand for Year 1: ACMNA012, ACMNA013 and ACMNA014 and  Year 2: ACMNA026, ACMNA027 and ACMNA028.

  • Sample Activity

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