Last week we talked about the Math word Probability. Probability means chance. We brainstormed different ways we could represent probability in both numbers and words such as 50%, 1/4, likely, unlikely, impossible, etc.Ms Elder gave out signs that had statements on them like "I will be in school tomorrow," "I will be in New Zealand tomorrow," and "Today is Christmas." We had to arrange ourselves in order from impossible-unlikely-likely-very likely-certain.
Then, we played a dice game that helped us practice the probability vocabulary. Here's a picture of it so we can play at home.
Today, we played the domino game "Clockominoes." In it, you pull dominoes randomly and add the two digits together and place them on your game board. If you pull the same number as one you already have, you stack it. You win if you fill your board first. We discussed how probable it would be to win by pulling only 12 dominoes (very unlikely). We made predictions as to how many dominoes we'd have to pull to fill our boards. Then, we played and recorded our results. This would be a great game to practice at home for adding, and also for practicing probability. You could even keep track of your results to practice Data Management skills!
