¿A quién le toca? Turnos para hablar
Seis momentos de una conversación o un juego. El estudiante decide a quién le toca y qué puede hacer.
Sofía te pregunta qué comiste hoy. ¿A quién le toca hablar ahora?
Session summary (SOAP)
Stays on this screen. Nothing is saved or sent.
Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Read each item aloud in Spanish and act it out with the student. Pass an object back and forth to make the turn visible for younger children. After each answer, practice it: ask the student a question in Spanish and wait for them to ask one back, using phrases like ¿y tú? Code-switching during the discussion is fine; the turn-taking is the target.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentSet up the situation and wait for the student to respond on their own.Log as correct
- Nonverbal cueUse a look, a gesture or a point to the visual cue card.Log as cued
- Indirect promptAsk 'What could you say now?' or 'What might they be thinking?'Log as cued
- ModelShow what to say or do, then run the moment again so the student can try it.Log as cued
Adjust it
Pass a talking object back and forth so each turn is something the student can see and hold.
Practice with a peer instead of an adult, or in a game with three or more players.
Matching IEP goal
During structured conversation or play, Student will take a turn and hand it back, for example by asking a question in return, in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than a nonverbal cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Six moments in Spanish where turns matter: Sofía asks what you ate today, you finish telling a joke, Mateo is in the middle of a story about the beach, a board game after Ana rolls the die. The student decides whose turn it is and what to do. The prompts are written in natural Latin American Spanish, not translated from English, so they sound like the conversations the student actually hears.
What to listen for
Notice whether the student hands the turn back after speaking. Listen for ¿y tú? or ¿y a ti? as a natural way to return a turn. Watch how the student handles waiting during Mateo's story; a student who talks over a partner may be worried about forgetting an idea, and a quick drawing can hold the thought until the pause.
Carrying it home
At home, families can play the same game at dinner: everyone answers a question and then asks the next person ¿y tú? Simple board games with turns, played in Spanish, are excellent practice. Families who speak Spanish at home are giving their child a real strength; conversation in the home language builds the same skills.
What's in this activity
- Sofía te pregunta qué comiste hoy. ¿A quién le toca hablar ahora?
- A mí
- A Sofía
- A la maestra
- Terminaste de contar tu chiste. ¿Cómo le das el turno a tu amigo?
- Le pregunto «¿Y tú te sabes algún chiste?»
- Cuento otro chiste enseguida
- Me voy a jugar solo
- Mateo está contando qué hizo en la playa. ¿Qué haces mientras él habla?
- Hablo al mismo tiempo
- Escucho y espero una pausa
- Cambio de tema
- En el juego de mesa Ana acaba de tirar el dado. ¿A quién le toca?
- A Ana otra vez
- A todos al mismo tiempo
- Al siguiente jugador
- Quieres decir algo pero tu amigo todavía está hablando. ¿Qué puedes hacer?
- Esperar a que termine y luego hablar
- Hablar más fuerte que él
- Irte sin decir nada
- Tu amiga deja de hablar y te mira. ¿Qué puede significar?
- Que está enojada contigo
- Que te toca contestar
- Que ya no quiere jugar
Questions
- Who is this for?
- Spanish-speaking and bilingual students in kindergarten through third grade working on conversational turn-taking (turnos de conversación).
- Is this a translation of an English board?
- No. It was written in Spanish from the start, with names, situations and phrasing chosen for Spanish-speaking children across Latin America and the United States.
- Can I change the items?
- Yes. Open it in the Activity Studio, edit or add items and keep the same board, or switch it to another template that fits the content.
- Is it free?
- Yes. It plays free in the browser with no login. An account adds session data, goal scoring and assignment to a student.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
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