Rolling for Totals: A Year 3 Maths Adventure

Rolling for Totals: A Year 3 Maths Adventure

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to find the total amount by playing a game using dice.

What do you already know about finding the total amount by playing a game using dice?

Introduction to Dice Game

We will explore a fun game using dice to understand how to find totals.

Understanding Dice

Each die has 6 faces with numbers 1-6. Rolling them gives different numbers each time.

Game Instructions

Roll the dice and record the numbers. Add them up to find the total amount.

Game Round 1

Let's roll the dice and find the total for the first round of the game.

Game Round 2

Roll the dice again and find the total for the second round of the game.

Discussion: Finding Totals

Let's discuss the strategies we used to find the totals in the game.

Conclusion and Recap

Recap the key points about finding totals using the dice game.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.