Spanish 1Seasonal and holidays
Día de los Muertos Lotería
Day of the Dead Spanish Vocabulary Game & Template
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 42
- Answer keys
- Included
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Play Día de los Muertos Lotería in Spanish class! This Day of the Dead Spanish vocabulary game has 36 original illustrated cards, each with a short rhyming caller verse in Spanish, 30 different tablas, a caller list with English meanings and a blank editable Lotería template. Follow-up speaking, listening and writing pages turn the game into real language practice for Spanish 1 and Spanish 2, with a respectful culture reading that presents Día de los Muertos as a living family tradition, not "Mexican Halloween."
What's included
- Teacher guide with 5-day pacing, materials, differentiation (support, on level, challenge), three calling modes, culture notes and a student wellbeing note
- Standards page: ACTFL World-Readiness Standards and Novice Mid to Novice High can-do goals, with a full table of contents
- Antes de jugar: a short culture reading in Spanish about Día de los Muertos and the Lotería game, with a glossary and 8 questions
- How to play in Spanish and English, 5 ways to win (a line, four corners, the center, the X, a full card) and 12 phrases for playing in Spanish
- 2 picture vocabulary pages: 36 words with articles color-coded by gender and English meanings
- Vocabulary practice: articles, look and write, and a sort
- 36 original illustrated cards (9 per page), each with a number, a picture, the Spanish word with its article and an original two-line caller verse
- 2-page caller list with every verse, its English meaning and checkboxes for 3 rounds
- 30 unique 4x4 tablas, 2 per page, computer-checked: all different, every card used 13-14 times, no repeated winning lines
- Describe la carta: a ser, estar and hay mini-lesson with practice
- Speaking: "¿Qué carta es?" yes/no guessing game plus describe-and-draw
- Listening: 10 spoken riddles and a dictation (teacher script included)
- Writing: Escribe tu verso, a rhyme workshop with a rhyme bank
- Project: create card 37, with a 16-point rubric
- Editable Lotería template: blank cards and blank tablas (draw on paper or type in the digital version)
- 6 exit tickets and a 24-point quiz
- Complete answer keys
How to use it
Play it during the week of Día de los Muertos (November 1 and 2) or any time you teach the holiday in Spanish 1 or Spanish 2 (grades 6-12). Use the cards in easy mode (show and say), classic mode (verse, then name) or riddle mode (verse only). Students can take turns as the caller in small groups. Teacher pages are in English; student pages give directions in Spanish followed by English. The cards and pictures are original; they do not copy the traditional Lotería deck.
Skills practiced
Día de los Muertos vocabularyarticles and noun genderlisteningser, estar and hayyes/no questionsrhyme and verse writingculture comparisons
