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Roll the Dice 		Subject Areas/ Skills Covered:
fleeing and chasing skills, basic math skills
Objectives:  Students will demonstrate basic math skills of adding, subtracting, and the recognition of odd/even numbers.  Students will improve cardiovascular fitness.  Students will demonstrate fleeing and chasing skills safely throughout the activity. Equipment:  two large foam dice, open space, two safe areas (bases), and two starting lines (one for each team), different color flags to help separate teams
Lesson:  Roll the Dice

Students will be broken up into two equal teams.  Each team will wear one different color flag to help delineate team members.  Each team will stand on an opposite line in the center of the game area about 12 feet apart.  Behind each team line there will be a safe line.  The basic concept is, the team the wins the roll-off will get to chase the other team and try to tag them. 

Depending on grade level and the math skill involved, the teacher will give the teams different names (high/ low, odd/ even. etc.).   The teacher can pick one student from each team to come to the middle and role the die for their team.  After the dice are rolled the tagging will begin.  If a player from the other team is tagged, they will join the new team for the next round.   If the players can get to the safe line without being tagged then they will stay on their team for the next round.  The team with the most players at the end wins.
Odd/ Even 
(Grades 3 - 5)		 Whatever the combined total of the two die are will be the number used for odd and even.  If it is an even number, the evens will chase the odds, etc..
High/ Low 
(Grades 3 - 5)		 If the numbers add up to 6 or less, the low team wins and will chase the highs.  If the number is 8 or higher, the highs win and will chase the lows.  If the numbers equal to seven, everyone must to push-ups or some other activity picked by the teacher.
Highest Number Wins
(Grades 1 - 2)		 Each die will be labeled.  The team with the highest number on their die gets to chase the other team.  If it is a tie, both teams must do that many push-ups or other activity picked by the teacher.


Safety Concerns:  Students should avoid pushing when the tag another player.  Students must watch out for each other during the game so they will not run into each other.

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