Bienvenidos nuevamente,
I hope your families had a fun and relaxing Spring Break. I was great to see Los Chicos together once again.
We started the class with a song we previously learned before moving to a very popular and complex game which utilizes the Spanish deck we used at the beginning of the year. The game of Truco (Trick) is a widely popular card game with both children and adults in many countries. Besides the Wikipedia link above, the children should have in their binders a double sided page indicating some of the basic components of the game. The funnest version is played with four players in teams of two. Partners can send specific signals to their team mates to communicate information - real, or false, to throw off opponents - about their hand. There is very specific vocabulary involved during play and bluffing is strongly encouraged by the rules.
I brought three decks and the class split up into groups of two or four players, and most scholars insisted on playing until parents arrived. I was impressed by how quickly the children learned the game.
Hasta el próximo Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
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