Steal the pile cards game Math Games Larnaca 2018 1 1

General overview Target: a group of 6/7 years old students underskilled adults refugees-migrants Length of the lesson: 45’ Prerequisites: students can read, write, order an increasing value line and count numbers up to 10

Objectives, aims and other competences Mathematics: add numbers within 10 Social: improve social skills Competence: putting theory into practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exsFIpQVNIw 24/04/15

Warm up Let’s play a game!!!

Explaining the game We make groups of 4. I distribute cards to them, and draw their attention to the rules: I Show the cards and illustrate while giving explanations (see guidebook page 107 – 109)

The game The actions involved in the game are: shuffling distributing cards putting down cards picking up cards with the same value as his/her own paying attention to his/her own cards, to the cards on the table, and to the top cards of the opponents’ piles. the winner will be the student who records the greatest number of cards in the end.

The deck of cards 24/04/15

Let’s learn it by doing

Guided and freer practice The groups start playing At the beginning the teacher lets them know that they can pick up MORE than 1 card from the table.

Questions How can I pick up more than 1 card from the table?

Free practice The students play alone and teachers helps them

Students Self-Evaluation Did you enjoy playing the game? Did you have fun? Would you like to play it again next time? What new things have you learnt today? Checking the students’ understanding

Teacher Self-Evaluation Weaknesses Strenghts Necessary improvement of the lesson 24/04/15