Week 4 · Day 1 · Notation and Habits

Piece Values and the Full Game

45-60 minFull setAdds math
Today's goal

Players consolidate the value of every piece, use a chess math worksheet suited to their grade, and keep playing full games with cleaner movement.

0:00 - 0:12 The full value chart

Now that every piece has been introduced, put the whole value chart in front of the class. These numbers power the math work and, eventually, smart trading decisions.

Pawn= 1
Knight= 3
Bishop= 3
Rook= 5
Queen= 9

The king has no point value because he is never traded; the game is about him. Some students will ask, and that is the honest answer: the king is priceless.

These numbers are how chess players think about fair trades. If you can give up a piece worth 3 to capture a piece worth 5, that is usually a good trade. We are going to practice the math behind that.

0:12 - 0:30 Chess math worksheet

Bring in a chess math worksheet matched to your students' grade level and current math focus. You choose the operation and difficulty: addition for younger players, multiplication or division for older ones, single or double digits as fits.

How to use it

Hand out the worksheet you generated. Each problem uses a chess piece to stand for its value, so students practice real arithmetic while reinforcing what each piece is worth. Keep it to about fifteen minutes. This is a tool to reinforce learning through a different channel, not a test.

0:30 - end Play

Spend the rest of the session playing full games. Your focus as you circulate: correct movement and safe kings. Praise good trades out loud when you see them ("You gave up a knight to win a rook, that is 3 for 5, a smart trade").