Join the dots
Overview
Purpose
To recognise and respond to numbers in Spanish.
Learning outcome
Students use the numbers 1–99 in Spanish.
Skills used
- Listening
- Speaking
Type
Individual activity
Related units in ¡Sí! kit
- Unidad 5 ¿Cuántos años tienes?
- Unidad 13 ¡Mucho gusto!
Instructions
In this version of joining the dots, you call out the dot numbers in Spanish – in the sequence given below – and the students draw the picture by joining the dots in the order they are called.
Materials
To download the template for the dog picture, select from the following Word or PDF formats:
- Dog picture template for 'Join the dots' activity (Word, 59KB)
- Dog picture template for 'Join the dots' activity (PDF, 21KB)
Make one copy for each student.
Steps
- Give a copy of the dog template to each student.
- Call the first two numbers (in Spanish), pausing to let the students find the corresponding dots and draw the connecting line.
- Call the next number in the sequence, checking that everyone is keeping up. If necessary, call the number several times.
- Repeat until all numbers are called and all students have completed the picture.
Number sequence for dog picture
1, 8, 21, 12, 30, 25, 11, 50, 77, 6, 80.
55, 48, 90, 17, 22, 81, 7, 15, 20, 95, 44.
33, 62, 4, 27, 40, 53, 98, 100, 34, 18, 92.
13, 28, 51, 23, 87, 63, 49, 22, 47, 10, 3.
21, 43, 69, 72, 38, 5, 18, 97.
Tips
- Tick the numbers off as you call them.
- Have the students repeat the number aloud as they look for it.
Variations
- Ask individual students to anticipate the next four numbers
- To reinforce number knowledge, divide students into small groups and have students take turns reading out sequences of the numbers to their group.
Language to use
- ¿Cómo se dice ________ en español?
How do you say ________ in Spanish? - ¿Cómo se dice ________ en inglés?
How do you say ________ in English? - Bien hecho
Well done - Fantástico
Fantastic