Resources

Use either a dice with numbers 1-6 or dots 1-6 and number and dot cards.

Target Strategies

counting and number recognition

subitization

spatial language applied to number (before, next to, after, before, between)

language of comparison (more than/less than)

Closed Questions

I have thrown the number 3 on my dice. Show me the dot card that matches my dice.

There are six dots on my dice. Show me the number card that matches it.

There is a dot on each corner of my dice with a dot in the middle. Show me the number and dot card that matches my dice.

Open Questions

There are less than 4 dots on my dice. What number of dots might I have on my dice?

My dice does not show the smallest or the largest amount of dots. What might my dice be showing?

My dice has dots in each corner. What might my dice be showing?

Flip Questions

What questions about the way the dots are arranged on my dice will help you to guess my dice?

You can ask me more than /less than and between questions to guess what's on my dice.

Reflection

Ask the children to describe to you without actually looking at the cards or the dice how the dots for each number are arranged.

Ask the children how or why they can have just a quick look at the dice or the cards and know how many dots without even having to count. Smart aren't they?