Snake & Ladders

Recommended Grade: 1 - 3

Curriculum Expectations (strand):

Number Sense

Learning Goal:

We are learning to read and order numbers .

Required Supplies:

Dot robot
Blockly app
learning carpet
number cards
tape
playing pieces

Instructions or Directions:

Step 1 : Download the Blockly app from the App Store.

Step 2 : Open your Blockly app.

Step 3 : Connect your Dot to the program by clicking the top right plus sign (+) and choose your Dot robot.

Step 4 : Choose the Start tab on the left and switch the from the Dash to the Dot so you can continue.

Step 5 : Choose what you would like the Dot to do to become your die (toss it, roll it, shake it).

Step 6 : Code your Dot by clicking on the Variable tab on the left of the screen.

Step 7 : Choose the Set tab at the top of the page and click on the dice icon.

Step 8 : Set your range from 1 to the number of variables you decide to use (i.e. choose a random number between 1 and 6).

Step 9 : Repeat Step 4 and choose the If "orange" > 0.

Step 10 : Change the > sign to an equal sign and assign a number, other than zero, to the If "orange" = 0.

Step 11 : Choose a variable (light, sound, animations, control) for your dot to complete when a specific number is rolled and add it to the If "orange" = 1.

Step 12 : Repeat steps 8 -9 for the amount of rolls you choose to complete.

Step 13 : Set up you snakes and ladders board by putting the number cards on the learning carpet and taping out various snakes (down) and ladders (up).

Step 14 : Toss / Roll / Shake your dot and move your game piece the according to the result tossed / rolled / shaked.

Step 15 : The winner is the first player to 100.

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