1. Steal the pile cards game
Math Games
Larnaca 2018 1 1

2. 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

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

4.
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5. Warm up
Let’s play a game!!!

6. 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)

7. 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.

8. The deck of cards
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10. Let’s learn it by doing

11. 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.

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

13. Free practice
The students play alone and teachers helps them

14. 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

15. Teacher Self-Evaluation
Weaknesses
Strenghts
Necessary improvement of the lesson
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