Double Down Dice Game for Near Doubles Addition Strategy - Freebie
Make practicing math facts fun with this double down dice game for the near doubles addition strategy. Click on the image below to receive your copy of the game for free! This math game helps students practice their near doubles facts. An example of a near doubles fact is 5+6. They need to use 5+5=10 so 5+5+1=11. That needs to translate to 5+6=11. When we played, I had 16 students in class. This worked out perfectly for rotating partners. I had 4 tables of 4 students. I paired them up with a partner and let them play for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, the students added their sums. The partner with the highest total was the winner. He/she became partners with the winner of the other pair at the table. The non-winners (I didn't call them losers) paired up and played another round. I continued this until math was over. We had a short math period this day, so the students really only played for about 25 minutes or so. They were engaged the whole time and were so sad when