Number Sense Game: The Game of Pig is a perfect way to explore the patterns formed when adding on the hundreds chart. This game is also an excellent introduction to probability.
Aim:
- to explore 100s chart number patterns to aid mental computation.
- to experiment with concepts of probability
What You Need:
1 game board
2 players
2 die
2 different colored counters.
How to Win:
Be the first player to 100
How to Play:
1. Decide who is going first.
2. Place both counters at the Start. The counter marks the player’s current score.
3. Player One rolls the dice as many times as they like and adds the totals together mentally. When the turn is over they move their counter to their new score.
Pigs Might Fly:
- If a 1 is thrown on either die before a player decides to stop rolling their turn is ended and that player receives NO points for this round. This is known as 'pigging out'.
- If a double 1 is thrown (cat's eyes) then the player returns to the start.
Before the Game:
- Explore the patterns made / ‘tricks’ to be used when adding on a hundreds chart. Look for the shapes and patterns made when adding: 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12.
- Make your own set of laws for adding with a hundreds chart? Use these laws in the game.
- Explain how no counting by ones is allowed in this game. Strategies must be worked out and used. This will aid number development.
- After the Game Teaching Ideas Included
Possible Variations:
- Play with one die - throwing a 1 means the players score returns to zero.
- Play with as many dice as you like. Player roll all the dice only once per turn.
- When a double is thrown double it e.g. if double 4 is thrown add 16 to the total etc
- Double 6 gets you 25 points.
- Count down from 100 to 1.
Did You Know?
- This type of game is known as a jeopardy game i.e. a decision has to be made regarding weather or not to jeopardize what you have already gained.
Included in this Download :
- 7 Full Colour Boards
- 7 Low Colour Boards
- 7 Full Colour Boards
- Game Rules
- Teaching Notes
NB HUGE thanks to the very talented cartoonist Ron Leishman for the pigs in this game.
Aim:
- to explore 100s chart number patterns to aid mental computation.
- to experiment with concepts of probability
What You Need:
1 game board
2 players
2 die
2 different colored counters.
How to Win:
Be the first player to 100
How to Play:
1. Decide who is going first.
2. Place both counters at the Start. The counter marks the player’s current score.
3. Player One rolls the dice as many times as they like and adds the totals together mentally. When the turn is over they move their counter to their new score.
Pigs Might Fly:
- If a 1 is thrown on either die before a player decides to stop rolling their turn is ended and that player receives NO points for this round. This is known as 'pigging out'.
- If a double 1 is thrown (cat's eyes) then the player returns to the start.
Before the Game:
- Explore the patterns made / ‘tricks’ to be used when adding on a hundreds chart. Look for the shapes and patterns made when adding: 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12.
- Make your own set of laws for adding with a hundreds chart? Use these laws in the game.
- Explain how no counting by ones is allowed in this game. Strategies must be worked out and used. This will aid number development.
- After the Game Teaching Ideas Included
Possible Variations:
- Play with one die - throwing a 1 means the players score returns to zero.
- Play with as many dice as you like. Player roll all the dice only once per turn.
- When a double is thrown double it e.g. if double 4 is thrown add 16 to the total etc
- Double 6 gets you 25 points.
- Count down from 100 to 1.
Did You Know?
- This type of game is known as a jeopardy game i.e. a decision has to be made regarding weather or not to jeopardize what you have already gained.
Included in this Download :
- 7 Full Colour Boards
- 7 Low Colour Boards
- 7 Full Colour Boards
- Game Rules
- Teaching Notes
NB HUGE thanks to the very talented cartoonist Ron Leishman for the pigs in this game.
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