Many schools are leaning into the 6-7 craze and planning celebrations for the 67th day of school. If you canโt beat โem, joinโ em, right?
What can Spanish teachers do to participate in the 67th day of school? Well, depending on the age level of your students, or the proficiency levels that you teach, here are some fun and engaging activities to do with students involving those two numbers: 6-7.
Spanish Reading Activity with 6-7
As a class, read this story about the 6-7 craze. Itโs available for 4 different reading proficiency levels, so it should work with any class, including Heritage Spanish students. Use it as a quick reading assessment, or just a fun in-class activity.
6-7 Running dictation
Running dictation is a fun and silly, fast-paced game that students love! You place sentences from a Spanish story around the room or in the hall. Students work in teams to find the sentence, memorize it, and dictate it back to their partner. The partner writes it down and draws a picture while another student runs to find the next sentence. It involves reading, re-reading, speaking, and writing in Spanish! But, because kids are running around, it feels like a game! Win-Win!
Here in a pre-formatted running dictation version of the 6-7 story linked above. Just print, cut, and play!
6-7 Trivia
Groups will finish their running dictation activity at different times, so you’ll want something for them to work on as they finish. Try this trivia and math worksheet in Spanish where all of the answers are either seis or siete!
Pass-it-up (6-7 Version)
Ask students to grab their bookbags and have easy access to all their school supplies. Create teams of 4-5 students and ask them to sit in rows. Ask students to pass you specific items, but the 6-7 version is that you ask for 6 of one thing and 7 of another.
Example:
โQuiero 6 lรกpices y 7 marcadores.โ
โMe gustarรญa 6 mรณviles y 7 cuadernos.โ
The first team to pass you the correct items gets 2 points. After that, any other team that completes the challenge gets 1 point. If you are working on specific vocabulary and you have manipulatives that you can provide students, they can pass you those items too! For example, give each group a box of pretend food or a stack of pictures and tell them to find you 6 breakfast items, or 7 red objects.
Buzz – a 6-7 Counting game in Spanish
This is a counting game to practice numbers in Spanish. Students form a line or circle and each student says a number, counting in order. If your number has a 6 or 7 on your turn, you must say BUZZ instead.
Example: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, BUZZ, BUZZ, ochoโฆ catorce, quince, BUZZ, BUZZ, dieciochoโฆ.
Whether you find the whole six-seven craze funny or cringe-worthy, I hope these activities will help you connect with your Spanish students in a joyful way! Let me know how it works out!
