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| Title | Card Game for Practicing Numbers |
| Body | These are the rules I received courtesy of Dr. Ruben Garza: "Noventa y nueve" (99) "Noventa y nueve" is a very quick paced counting game that the students can play after they have mastered their numbers from 1-99 in the target language. The object of the game is simple. Calculate orally the values of the hand trying NOT to reach the magic number of 99. When they do reach 99, the game is over. The team to have the least number of cards in their hand and in the facedown pile when 99 is reached, is the winner. (Obviously, it is impossible NOT to reach 99. But there is a definite strategy in making the game last as long as possible.) Here are the rules: 1. Each person is dealt 3 playing cards. Keeping the cards hidden from the team is not vital. Kids may be encouraged to help one another. Cooperative learning, right? 2. When it's your turn, lay down a card and compute its value out loud in the target language. Here are the playing card values during the game: - Ace - 8 = add the face value to the total - 9 = no change, but reverse the direction of the game - 10 = subtract 10 from total - Jack, Queen, King = add 10 to the total 3. Always make sure to draw a new card after you discard. You should have 3 cards in your hand at all times. Hints: Make sure that you have full decks of cards! I only use 4 decks of cards at one time so it's not as rowdy. I ask the kids who aren't playing to act as the "judges" so they can make sure that there is no cheating. Yes, our kids will cheat if not monitored closely! Heathington, L. 99 game. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (9 Apr. 2006). |
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