So let s make a local variable called roll.
Roll a dice writing activity.
This summer i taught a writing workshop at a local bookstore and had my students create story starters using the following roll a story chart.
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Roll two dice and add up their sum.
With this engaging and fun writing activity your students and a roll of a die will decide characters setting theme figurative language and vocabulary from a menu.
Aug 15 2012 check out this clever literacy dice game from kristin jordan at reading writing thinking sharing just click on the picture above t.
First of all there is absolutely nothing wrong with the traditional roll a story activities that involve a set of dice pencil and paper.
We will show a 6 if roll is 5 because roll has a range from 0 to 5.
Roll of the dice writing winter step away from the traditional story starters and let a toss of the dice motivate student writing.
Want a copy of my roll a story activity.
With each roll of the dice three total the students had a character setting and problem to use as a basis for their creative stories.
Use it in a literacy center a writing group or to send home with your students.
Then they roll again to determine their problem.
However i created this as a digital writing activity in google slides for several reasons.
If they roll a six they look at the sixth box under the setting column.
We need to show a random value from 1 to 6 on our dice.
With this writing activity students will love rolling a dice to mix and match story elements and will enjoy creating the perfect story starter.
Get the free full printable worksheet at sarah s first grade snippets.
For example if they 1st roll a 2 they look at the character box that is numbered down the side with a 2.
There are 3 parts to this set the dice the drawing writing pages and the booklet.
Then determine which coins to use to add up to that number and draw them on the worksheet.
How to set up the roll a character writing.
We can use show leds to display the side of a dice that shows 6.
Feel free to print the slides and use as a paper version from this download delete the text boxes on the writing sheets before printing.
Hopefully this roll a character fun writing activity will help.
Set a list of words then give each kid a die to roll.
There are 4 dice two for adjectives one for nouns and a final one for verbs.
