Beaver/Castor Spanish Counting Game

Last week my students learned to count in Spanish. Some students focused on numbers 1-10 while some of the older students did numbers 1-20. I tried to come up with a game that could be used by both sets of classes to interact with numbers in Spanish, but still being able to differentiate up for those students who were learning more numbers. I created a game I call "Castores."

I started off by telling all students a story in Spanish using a PowerPoint presentation. The story is that two beavers are competing to see who can cut the most wood. The point of the presentation is to set up the game. The story's ending is decided by you as you play the game.

Check out the full presentation here.

After students watch the presentation they learn the rules of the game. Each pair of students are given:
-2 playing boards (one with Castor #1 and one with Castor #2)
-2 dry erase markers
-1 bag of 'leña' (a bag of 10 wood chips with the numbers 1-10 written on them)

To make the boards I printed out the following papers and slipped them into sheet protector sleeves. Here are the boards that I used:

Students play by taking turns picking a number from the bag. When they pick the number they have to say the word in Spanish. If they do not know how to say the number they can ask their partner "¿Cómo se dice...?" Otherwise, if they say the word in English they lose a turn. I created a mock video with two teachers from my school to show you all how to play:

You win the game by completely filling a row or a column. 

Remember the game can be played for any group of 10 numbers (1-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc.) Hope you enjoy the game. My students loved it!