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Elementary Spanish Program

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Uno

  1. Using 16 index cards, make 4 sets each of a different color (ex. - 4 red, 4 blue, 4 green, 4 orange).
  2. Within each color set, write the following numbers, each on a different card: 1, 5, 10, 20.
  3. Again within each color set, draw the following animals, each on a different card: monkey, lion, elephant, zebra.
  4. The chosen dealer deals each player 5 cards. The object is to get 4 cards that match in at least one category: color, number, or animal, with one (Uno) left and be the one to place those 4 cards down and call out uno at that moment.
  5. Players exchange cards by choosing an equal number of cards to discard and requesting an equal number of cards from the dealer's remaining deck. The player requests them by saying: Dame _____(whatever quantity is desired) [dah-may ____] which means "give me".
  6. To win, in Spanish the player must state the match that exists for the 4 cards placed down.

  7. For example: Yo tengo cuatro _____. [yoh tehn-goh qua-troh ____] I have ____.
    Vocabulary
    Rojo [roh-hoh] red
    Azul [ah-sool] blue
    Verde [bair-day] green
    Anaranjado [ah-nahr-ahn-hah-doh] orange
    Mono [moh-noh] monkey
    León [lay-ohn] lion
    Elefante [ehl-ay-fahn-tay] elephant
    Cebra [say-brah] zebra
    Uno [ooh-noh] one
    Cinco [seen-coh] five
    Diez [dee-ace] ten
    Veinte [bain-tay] twenty
  8. To practice other vocabulary, you might make decks with different colors, different numbers and different animals as well.

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