Roll 6

Oh my goodness, y'all!  My students had so much fun with this game today.  The best part?  The game was played while reviewing a map of Europe for their test that's tomorrow!

The great thing about Roll 6 is that it is so easily adaptable to any topic that you are covering.  I used it today to review for our map test over Europe tomorrow.  Students will need to be able to locate 10 countries and 10 physical features on a blank map of Europe.  To help them review, I put students into partner groups and gave each group a map and a dice.  Once I told students to begin, they had to begin rolling the dice until they landed on a 6.  They could not label anything on the map until a 6 was rolled.  They could then only label ONE thing.  Then they had to roll a 6 again before they could label the next thing.  So, they had to roll a 6 twenty times in order to label all of the locations on the map.  The first group to label the entire map correctly won Canes Cash (our PBIS reward currency).

Here's the new thing I incorporated today - a 10 second penalty if the dice fell onto the floor.  One of the worst parts of classroom games that use dice is that some kids get really into rolling the dice and they end up on the floor more than on the desk.  This 10 second penalty worked BEAUTIFULLY at curbing their dice rolling enthusiasm!

I must say, this is quickly becoming my favorite games to use in the classroom.  Students really enjoy it, it is very easy to prepare for, and the dice were super cheap!  I got packs of 5 dice for $1 at The Dollar Tree.  I definitely plan to put this game in the lesson plan more often!