Spanish Level 1, Activity 01: Bienvenidos y Lotería / Welcome and Bingo (Face-to-Face)

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¡Buenas!/Bingo!

Description:
In this activity, students will be playing a traditional bingo-style game (Lotería) in which they will listen to vocabulary and interpret what the word is in English. After the instructor has completed reading the lotería cards for the first round, the students will also have the opportunity to practice reading the Spanish words aloud.

Semantic Topics:
Bingo, lotería, new vocabulary, Mexican culture, reading, listening, leer, escuchar, vocabulario nuevo, cultura mexicana

Grammatical Structures:
Nouns and articles, sustantivos y artículos

Products: Lotería game, artwork created by Latinx artists

Practices: Playing games to pass time

Perspectives: What is the importance of spending time with friends and family in Hispanic culture?

World-Readiness Standards:

Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

 

Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of Hispanic cultures.

 

Standard 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of Hispanic cultures.

 

Standard 4.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons between Spanish and English.

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions

 

COMP 1.1 - Observe formal and informal forms of language.

 

COMM 2.1 - Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.

 

COMM 3.1 - Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can understand similarities and differences in games between my culture and Spanish-speaking culture

  • I can listen and read a word and interpret its meaning in English

  • I can use simple phrases to ask for help or clarification in Spanish

Materials Needed:

Copyright note:
The graphics for these Lotería cards come from Google’s Doodle of the Day in December 2019.

  • Markers for Lotería cards

Would you like to make changes to the materials? Access the template(s) below:

Learn more by watching this video:

Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Lotería