Spiral Multiplication…making…our own rules

This was an outstanding way to practice our multiplication facts.  They worked in teams of four and each team member was responsible for making one rule for the game.  No one could disagree with your rule and all rules MUST be followed for the duration of the game.  As I walked around the room, I heard and saw wonderful conversations between team members.  They worked well with one another and were having a great time practicing their facts and creating crazy, sneaky or difficult rules. 

Try playing it at home!  Here are the rules they created:

If you roll a 3, you lose a turn.  JaVonte

If you roll a 5, the next person loses a turn.  Shantell

If you get two 1s in a row, you get to choose the player you want to lose a turn.  Richie

You can choose to go two times in a row, but then you’d miss a turn.  You can only do this 3 times.  Miles

If you get a 6, you go back one space.   Jacob

If you get a 1, you get another turn.  Sandy/Collin

If you roll the same number that is on the card of the next player, you can bump them back two spaces.  Nico

If you roll a number that is next to each other in sequence, you must stay there.  The 4^th time, you choose someone to go back a space.  Elise

If you get SNAKE EYES, you get to choose a player to move back five spaces.  Justin/Ella

If you roll a one, you go back a space.  Lexi

If you get one six, and the next turn you get another six, you can switch places with another player.  Arjun

If your card and the die has the same number, you get to go again.  Josef

If there is a card over six and you get a six on the die, you get to go again.  Annalise

If you get the question wrong, you go back one space.  Max

If you roll a five, you get to choose someone to go back a space.  Adam

If the answer to your multiplication problem is six, you get to move ahead six spaces.  Jane

If you get the answer wrong two times in a row, you must go back a space.  Drake

If you get a 50 in your answer, you move ahead five spaces.  Kristina

If 5 seconds go by and you didn’t answer, you were safe.  If you said the answer right away, but wrong, you moved back 2 spaces.  Aidan

If you roll the same number that is the card ahead of you, you get to switch places with someone.  Colin