Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks

This afternoon we were very fortunate to have Mr. John Felling (from Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks in Edmonton) do a math workshop with Grade One students.  He showed us how to play some different games and activities with different kinds of dice:  regular six-sided dice, twelve-sided dice (with dots) and "Belly Button Dice" (a small inside die enclosed in an outside clear die).  The games that were taught helped to reinforce different math concepts that we have learned at school, such as:  more and less, counting on and back, and reading number words.

I would strongly encourage any parents that are available to come to school this evening at 7:00 to attend the parent workshop that Mr. Felling will be doing.

Mr.  Felling modelling how to "count on" using two dice.

Using two dice to find the total, then record the number beside the number word.

Using the "Belly Button" dice to figure out which is bigger - the inside or outside die.