One of my biggest struggles with my students this year is vocabulary acquisition. I try to give lots of practice in a variety of ways but I feel like they struggle to make the connections necessary to internalize the vocabulary. I decided to try something new to help my students practice family member vocabulary in a way that would be meaningful. I created a set of
"Yo Tengo, Quién Tiene" cards that encouraged my students to use the vocabulary repeatedly as well as think about the relationships between the family members. For example, one card might read
"Quién tiene la madre de mi madre?" They would need to connect it to
"Yo tengo la abuela." I thought this would help them make more connections with the terms in a fun way. It definitely worked! I got great feedback from the kids and they told me that studying this way was a lot more fun than a worksheet.
I decided to print several sets of the cards and have the students work in small groups. In my experience, kids have trouble with "I Have, Who Has" games when they are playing with a whole class because they don't stay focused and find it difficult to hear everyone's card. I encourage my students to connect their cards like dominoes until they get to the end.
This was a really successful approach. I really heard my students interacting with the vocabulary and I think that applying the relationships of the family members helped to internalize the words,
What are some of your favorite ways to practice vocabulary? I definitely plan to create more "Yo Tengo, Quién Tiene" games but am always looking for new ideas as well.
If you would like to use this game in your classroom, check it out at my TpT store.
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