Array Game Instructions/ and Hints for the teacher Material Needed: Printable 1cm graph paper Red dice/ white dice A red colored pencil (area) and a blue color pencil (perimeter) The object of the game is for students to roll the dice and use the numbers to fill in the grid in the most efficient way trying to cover the whole paper. This is done with partners The red dice represents the rows and the white dice represents the number per row. Each student rolls the dice. That student takes the numbers rolled and fills in that number on the grid paper in rows and numbers of row. The student can outline in blue and write the perimeter in the rectangle formed. Then lightly color in and write the area inside the box in red. Then the next person goes and does the same thing. This gives the students an opportunity to not only fill in where each number fits but also gives them the opportunity to find multiple accounts of area and perimeter in the same problem. *While the students are doing this make sure you are walking around and checking their work and make sure they are using the formulas correctly. You can also use this time to work with your small group who needed help. You can play the same game just play it with them until they have the concept and then you can let them pair up within the small group and finish the game.
Array Game Instructions/ and Hints for the teacher Material Needed: Printable 1cm graph paper Red dice/ white dice A red colored pencil (area) and a blue color pencil (perimeter) The object of the game is for students to roll the dice and use the numbers to fill in the grid in the most efficient way trying to cover the whole paper. This is done with partners The red dice represents the rows and the white dice represents the number per row. Each student rolls the dice. That student takes the numbers rolled and fills in that number on the grid paper in rows and numbers of row. The student can outline in blue and write the perimeter in the rectangle formed. Then lightly color in and write the area inside the box in red. Then the next person goes and does the same thing. This gives the students an opportunity to not only fill in where each number fits but also gives them the opportunity to find multiple accounts of area and perimeter in the same problem. *While the students are doing this make sure you are walking around and checking their work and make sure they are using the formulas correctly. You can also use this time to work with your small group who needed help. You can play the same game just play it with them until they have the concept and then you can let them pair up within the small group and finish the game.