{"id":214,"date":"2017-06-02T03:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T03:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2024-04-21T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T16:15:24","slug":"uno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/uno\/","title":{"rendered":"UNO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/teaching\/uno\/attachment\/400px-uno\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-216\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/uno\/400px-uno\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/400px-Uno.png?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"400px-Uno\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/400px-Uno.png?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/400px-Uno.png?resize=400%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/400px-Uno.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/400px-Uno.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNO is a trademarked game from Mattel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Think UNO is just a quiet game of number and color matching?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Think again!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">UNO is a great game for getting your students speaking!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I use it to get my students to practice all of the following language:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">This is a\u2026<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">That is a \u2026<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">These are \u2026<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Those are\u2026<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">What is this?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">What is that?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">What are these?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">What are those?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Not<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Colors<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">numbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here is an example of how I use it in a class where students are learning\u00a0to use the basic sentence structure, \u201cThis is a \u2026\u201d:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Deal out seven cards to each student and play the game as usual, only students must say what they are laying down.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For example, if a student is going to lay down a yellow 2, she must say, \u201cThis is a Yellow 2.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The play then goes to the next student.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s say he lays down a Green 2.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He must say, \u201cThis is a Green 2.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Play the game in this fashion until one of the students lays down all of the cards in her hand and wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/teaching\/uno\/attachment\/uno-action-cards\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/uno\/uno-action-cards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Uno-Action-Cards.jpg?fit=480%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Uno-Action-Cards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Uno-Action-Cards.jpg?fit=480%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Uno-Action-Cards.jpg?resize=480%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Uno-Action-Cards.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Uno-Action-Cards.jpg?resize=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The special cards in the deck are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">This is a Wild Draw 4<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">This is a Wild card<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">This is a Green Draw 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">This is a Red Skip<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">This is a Blue Reverse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">When the students start contrasting \u2018this\u2019 and \u2018that\u2019, bring that to the game.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Now, students must say what the previous student laid down before saying what they are about to lay down:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThat is a Yellow 2.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is a Blue Skip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As the students progress further, the expectations for play expand as well.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For example, when the students are learning plurals, and the contrasting words \u2018these\u2019 and \u2018those\u2019, support this by incorporating them into the game.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When a student has two or more of the same card in his hand, he can now lay them all down at once, saying, \u201cThese are Red 7\u2019s\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The next student must then say, \u201cThose are Red 7\u2019s before saying what he is about to lay down.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this game now, students are contrasting \u2018this\u2019, \u2018that\u2019, \u2018these\u2019, and \u2018those\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Have your students learned \u2018not\u2019?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Throw it in!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Now when a student lays down a card, she must first say what it is not, and then what it is:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThis is <i>not<\/i> a Green 9.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is a Blue 4.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And for added fun, the students can be allowed to say anything that their card is not:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThis is not a gorilla!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is a Blue 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And of course, you play the game in which students ask questions too!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this case, the student would lay her card down and ask the next student, \u201cWhat is this?\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The next student must answer, \u201cThat is a Green 8,\u201d before laying down her own card and asking the next student the appropriate question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As you can see, there are a lot of options for using UNO to support the language you are teaching.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Give it a try, and let us know how it goes, and how you might have used it differently!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Or maybe you have another card game that you like to use to get your students talking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Please let us know.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019d love to hear about it!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mike<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think UNO is just a quiet game of number and color matching?\u00a0 Think again!\u00a0 UNO is a great game for getting your students speaking!\u00a0 I use it to get my students to practice all of the following language: This is a\u2026 That is a \u2026 These are \u2026 Those are\u2026 What is this? 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