Games are an effective way to interact college students. I discovered this sport that enables for a workforce of gamers to roll a die to compete in opposition to one another. What I’m searching for in my classroom is alternatives for college students to strategize and to share their technique. Play this sport at nearly any grade stage. Practice addition expertise and chance expertise. Try the Greedy Pig sport to interact college students, construct classroom tradition, and apply math expertise.
Dice Slides by Alice Keeler
You can play Greedy Pig with a whiteboard/paper and a single die. I’ve added the sport board to Dice Slides by Alice Keeler. This means you possibly can play Greedy Pig on the fly with ANY Google Slides.
Playing Greedy Pig Game
You will want no less than 2 gamers. In idea you possibly can play with limitless gamers however I might max out at round 5 per group.
Greedy Pig Game requires ONE die per group.
5 Rounds
There are 5 rounds. The rating is the sum of the 5 rounds. The participant with essentially the most factors wins.
Do Not Roll a One
For the group, there may be ONE die. Roll ONE die for everybody. Not per particular person. Everyone will get the variety of factors on the die. UNLESS a 1 is rolled. Then everybody loses all of their factors. If a one is rolled at any time, all remaining gamers within the spherical will report a rating of 0.
Do You Want To Stop
After every cube roll the gamers are requested in the event that they need to cease. Since I need college students to apply their addition expertise they need to be jotting down the worth of the cube roll in every spherical. The scholar would then have to declare “I want to stop with 17 points.” Record rating on the Greedy Pig sport board.
The spherical continues till a 1 is rolled OR till everybody voluntarily stops.
Using Dice Slides by Alice Keeler
Open ANY Google Slides. After putting in Dice Slides, you possibly can add cube to ANY Google Slides. Use the Extensions menu to find “Dice Slides.” Use the “Dice Games” possibility to pick both the “Games Sidebar” or “Greedy Pig” so as to add the GP Board.
Adds a New Slide
Choosing to insert a Greedy Pig sport board will append a brand new slide TO THE BOTTOM of your present Slides presentation. This inserts a desk with the 5 rounds and as much as 4 gamers. If you may have greater than 4 gamers merely insert a column into the desk.
Roll One Die
Greedy pig is performed with ONE DIE. In the sidebar for “Dice Games” is a button to “Place 1.” This rolls a random die and locations it on the slide. All gamers get this identical level worth. Unless a 1 is rolled after which everybody nonetheless within the spherical rating a zero for the spherical.
Keep Rolling
Keep clicking “Place 1” so as to add a brand new cube roll to the slide.
Playing Greedy Pig Game Remotely
What is nice about taking part in video games in Google Slides is you don’t want to be in the identical location to play collectively. Since the cube rolls present on the slide itself, anybody collaborating on the identical sport board can see the values.
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Steps for Playing Greedy Pig Game
First create a Google Slides. Then, use the Extensions menu for Dice Slides by Alice Keeler. Third, add the Greedy Pig sport board to your slides. Fourth, place one die from the sidebar. Next, ask every participant in the event that they need to cease. Record the rating of gamers who cease. Then roll once more. Then once more ask gamers in the event that they need to cease. Continue this per spherical. Rolling a 1 ends the spherical. All gamers stopping ends a spherical.
