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Beginning Place Value: Roll It, Make It Dice Game
Students roll one die for a tens digit and another for a ones digit, record both, then build the resulting two-digit number with base ten blocks or connecting cubes on a matching recording sheet.
- Year groups
- Years 2–3
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Maths, Place Value
- Topic
- Place Value, Tens Game
- Resource types
- Games, Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
From the author
About this resource
The Roll It, Make It Dice Game will have students roll the dice and then use their worksheet and tens blocks to build the number they have rolled. This is great practice for beginning place value lessons.
This activity is perfect for interventions, small groups or stations to work on beginning place value.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Read a rolled die value and record it in the correct tens or ones place
- Build a two-digit number using base ten blocks or connecting cubes based on tens and ones values
- Represent a built number by sketching tens rods and ones cubes on a recording sheet
Teaching tips
- Have base ten blocks or connecting/unifix cubes and two dice ready before starting, since the activity depends on both hands-on materials specified in the directions
- Use in a small-group or intervention station rotation, as the creator suggests, rather than as independent whole-class seatwork, since it benefits from an adult checking that the built number matches the rolled digits
- Model one full round together first — rolling, recording, and building — so students understand that the first die sets the tens place and the second sets the ones place
- Print extra recording sheets for stations that will run more than two rounds, since each sheet only holds two rounds of play
Skills covered
- Place value
- Tens and ones
- Base ten blocks
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
How many rounds of the game does one printed recording sheet hold?
Two — the sheet repeats the 'Roll It! / Make It!' box pair twice for two separate rounds.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Two-digit numbers
- Tens and ones place value
Topics