The Game of Ten Turns

We have learned a new math game called Ten Turns. In this game, students accumulate counters as they practice connecting the oral counting sequence and written numerals with the quantities they represent.
To play, students have 1 number cube, some counters, and the Ten Turns game sheet. To start, one player rolls the number cube and takes out the number of counters that is shown. They record what was rolled and their "total number". The next player rolls the number cube and also takes out the number of counters shown and they add it to their pile. They record the number rolled and the new "total number" in their pile. This repeats over the coarse of 10 turns.
We are encouraging students to use the strategy of 'counting on' so that they don't have to count the entire pile of counters each turn. For example: if their pile has 12 counter in it, and they are adding 3 more...instead of starting to count the entire pile "1, 2, 3, 4...", we encourage them to put the number 12 in their head and count up 3 more "put the 12 in my head and count up 13, 14, 15". See all of our learning in these pictures! :)