Dice activities are fantastic for early formative assessment. Here are our favourites, and they are open for solutions. Encourage your class to send in their ways of working....
This article outlines some of the benefits of using dice games in the classroom, especially as a tool for formative assessment.
Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.
An old game but lots of arithmetic!
Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possibilities that could come up?
When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?