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#975. La familia

other, level: Elementary
Posted Sun Apr 11 08:46:31 PDT 1999 by Jennifer Baker (jbaker376@aol.com).
Midwest City OK
Materials Required: Hopscotch board (big&small) bean bags or pennies, vocab form
Activity Time: 15 minutesor more
Concepts Taught: vocabulary of family members

After initial vocabulary presentatioon, students will practice recognition. A hopscotch board is made with the pictures of the family members as the separate boxes. Each student has ten chances to bounce the penny on the board. The student makes a mark next to the word it landed on (separate form. After each partner has had ten chances, they say what the results were. For example, Yo tengo dos madres. Yo tengo cinco hermanos. The students use the family vaocabulary as weell as reinforce numbers. They transfer the marks made during the game into written 1-uno, etc. The students laugh at how many mothers and fathers everyone has.