WHAT IS LOTERIA?• LOTERIA is Mexican bingo,
but it is played differently
than American Bingo.
• LOTERIA is played with
pictures instead of
letter/number combinations.
• In the game of LOTERIA, a
riddle is called out as a clue,
and you must figure out the
picture that goes with it to
cover the space on your card.
HOW DO YOU PLAY?• EACH PERSON WILL HAVE A LOTERIA
CARD AND SOME BEANS.
• THE CALLER WILL READ A RIDDLE OUT LOUD, AND YOU MUST FIND THE PICTURE THAT MATCHES. COVER IT WITH A BEAN.
• YOU MAY WIN IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS:
1. BE THE FIRST TO COVER A LINE EITHER
HORIZONTALLY, VERTICALLY, OR DIAGONALLY
2. BE THE FIRST TO COVER EVERY SQUARE
• YOU MUST YELL “LOTERIA!” WHEN YOU WIN!
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
• YOU WILL LEARN SOME SPANISH!!
• YOU’LL GET TO PLAY LOTERIA!!
• YOU WILL CREATE A 11” x 14” PAINTING IN LOTERIA STYLE, INCORPORATING A FAMILIAR IMAGE, A NUMBER, AND THE SPANISH WORD TRANSLATION. YOU MAY CHOOSE THE IMAGE AND NUMBER OF YOUR PAINTING. YOU MUST FIGURE OUT THE SPANISH WORD ON YOUR OWN!
PICK A
NUMBER
CHOOSE A
FAMILIAR
IMAGE AS
THE FOCAL
POINT
CREATE
VALUE IN THE
BACKGROUND
SPANISH
WORD
CENTERED AT
BOTTOM
4 THINGS
TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PAINTING
GETTING STARTED• FIRST, think about what picture you want to
paint. Make it a familiar image from daily life.
• NEXT, pick a number to go in the top left corner, and find the Spanish word for your object.
• THEN, sketch out the number, image, and word onto one full page of your sketchbook. Using colored pencils, figure out your color scheme and color the image.
• LAST, submit your idea to the teacher for approval, and you can begin painting!!!