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Learn the Rules
Learn the Rules
Dots and Boxes
Dots and Boxes
Learning Targets
Learning Targets
🎯I can listen to the rules and actively learn how to play today's game.
🎯I can listen to the rules and actively learn how to play today's game.
✔️I can play games respectfully, cooperatively, and with good sportsmanship!
✔️I can play games respectfully, cooperatively, and with good sportsmanship!
Success Criteria
Success Criteria
What do you Need?
What do you Need?
two players
pen/pencil + paper
a colored pencil (each player a different color)
Make an array of dots (6x6), (7x7), or (8x8)
What's the Goal?
What's the Goal?
Claim more boxes than your opponent
How do you Play?
How do you Play?
1. Take turns drawing single lines.
1. Take turns drawing single lines.
Take turns drawing little VERTICAL or HORIZONTAL lines to connect adjacent dots.
Take turns drawing little VERTICAL or HORIZONTAL lines to connect adjacent dots.
2. Try to complete boxes!
2. Try to complete boxes!
Whoever draws the fourth line to complete a small box gets to claim the box as their own (by lightly coloring it in with their colored pencil or writing their initial inside), and then immediately takes another turn.
Whoever draws the fourth line to complete a small box gets to claim the box as their own (by lightly coloring it in with their colored pencil or writing their initial inside), and then immediately takes another turn.
3. This rule may allow you to claim several boxes in a row before your opponent has a chance to move again!
3. This rule may allow you to claim several boxes in a row before your opponent has a chance to move again!
What strategies can you use to help make sure this doesn't happen??
What strategies can you use to help make sure this doesn't happen??
4. Keep playing until the grid is full.
4. Keep playing until the grid is full.
Whoever claims more boxes is the winner!
Whoever claims more boxes is the winner!
8:15-8:45
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😎 PLAY THE GAME! 😎
😎 PLAY THE GAME! 😎
Learning Targets
Learning Targets
🎯I can FOLLOW THE RULES and play Dots and Boxes!
🎯I can FOLLOW THE RULES and play Dots and Boxes!
🎯I will finish two or three games before trying a variation.
🎯I will finish two or three games before trying a variation.
✔️I can play games respectfully, cooperatively, and with good sportsmanship!
✔️I can play games respectfully, cooperatively, and with good sportsmanship!
✔️I can play with various partners.
✔️I can play with various partners.
Success Criteria
Success Criteria
Variations
Variations
Swedish Board - Begin the game with all the lines along the outer rim of the board already drawn.
Swedish Board - Begin the game with all the lines along the outer rim of the board already drawn.
Dots and Triangles - All rules remain the same, except you play on a pyramid of dots, vying for possession of little equilateral triangles.
Dots and Triangles - All rules remain the same, except you play on a pyramid of dots, vying for possession of little equilateral triangles.
Nazareno - All rules remain the same, except for two. First, on each turn, you can draw a straight line of any length that you wish, as long as it does not retrace any existing lines (meaning you could complete and claim multiple boxes with a single line). Second, there is no bonus turn if you complete a box.
Nazareno - All rules remain the same, except for two. First, on each turn, you can draw a straight line of any length that you wish, as long as it does not retrace any existing lines (meaning you could complete and claim multiple boxes with a single line). Second, there is no bonus turn if you complete a box.
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