Hopefully some comments such as “Interesting that you chose to only roll one die, I would have rolled both of the 5’s” are shared. Have students share their Farkle Slides with a peer. One of the things she promotes is having students value different approaches and strategies. If you follow me you know I massively fangirl Jo Boaler, Stanford math professor, and author of the best book ever Mathematical Mindsets. WHILE students are playing (or even after) the teacher or peers can view the Slides and insert feedback comments to help further the students THINKING and explaining. One of my favorite reasons to use Google Slides is the feedback options. Students can play with physical dice, virtual dice or I have a spreadsheet that simulates rolling Farkle dice. The purpose of my Google Slides for Farkle is to give students a place to explain their STRATEGY and thinking for each round. I also like physical dice, so if you have those use those. First, they need to play and learn the rules. Give them a chance to develop some strategies. Maybe using a mobile game or website is better for students to ENGAGE (From the 5 E’s lesson plan style) with the lesson. Not sure that using my template is the best place to start. Whether or not students calculate the actual probabilities they can understand some of the basic concepts such as rolling 4 die is a better probability of NOT getting a Farkle than 3 die. Farkle is a way for students to demonstrate strategic thinking with mathematical justification. Alexis Gray and I played Farkle where we talked strategy not just point scoring.
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