Abcya Sight Word Bingo
Sight Words Bingo is our most popular sight words game. It takes the traditional Bingo game and replaces the numbers with words, motivating the child to read the sight words so they can play (and win!) the game. Children love playing Sight Words Bingo, and it is a great way to provide repetition opportunities in a large group setting.
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Each child gets his or her own Bingo Card with a set of words printed on a grid on the face of the card. The adult calls out words one at a time, and each time the child hears a word that is on their card, they cover the word with a marker. When the markers line up to make a complete row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal), the child yells “Bingo!” and they are declared the winner of that round.
To play Sight Words Bingo, you just need Bingo cards and some markers:
- Printer paper or cardstock (approximately 110 lb / 200 gsm)
- Printer
- Bingo markers or counters (approximately 20 per player)
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- The purpose of this video is to show my Kinder and First Grade students how to use this resource. When I take 27 students into the lab, this tool easily sho.
Use our Bingo Card Generator to produce one Bingo Card for each child, and print them out (preferably on a heavy-duty cardstock paper). You want to use a mix of newer words that you are currently working on, as well as some words you need to review. The Bingo Card Generator will also create a word list that you can use to help you run the game.
If you will be creating multiple sets of Bingo cards, it is useful to label each set on the back so that you can easily sort out the sets if they get jumbled together. (We learned this the hard way!)
You need some Bingo counters to mark each of the squares as the child plays the game. The counters pictured were purchased, but you can also use pennies, bread bag tags, pebbles, or anything else you have handy. If purchasing plastic markers, we prefer the markers that are plain and single-colored; multiple colors often prove too much of a distraction.
Some people use a Bingo Marker that the child uses to color the square instead of a counter. This gives the children a bit of practice gripping the pens, but it also requires you to hand out fresh Bingo cards for each round.
Each child is given a Bingo Card and a handful of markers (approximately 20 per child). The children are given 90 seconds to read all the words on their card. If there are any weak readers in the class, the adult should take this time to work with those children to help them read all the words on their card; otherwise they are going to be lost for the rest of the game.
The adult takes the word list and picks a word at random from the list. The adult reads out the word, uses it in a sentence, then reads out the word again. For example, if the word was plate, the adult could call out:
Adult: Plate. I ate dinner on a round plate. Plate.
The adult then marks off the word from the list to help them remember which words have been called already. The adult takes a long pause between each word to give the children time to play the game.
When the children hear a word called out, they are supposed to look at their Bingo card and see if they can find the word on the card (not every word is on every card). If they find the word, they place a counter on that square.
To win, a child has makes an entire line (five vertical, horizontal, or diagonal squares). For the purposes of making a line, the center space (free space) is considered to be automatically filled. When a child has a line, they yell out “BINGO!”
When a child claims to be the winner, ask her to read out her four or five words that made a line (more reading practice), and check these words on her card and on your word list to make sure she actually heard and marked the words correctly. If she played correctly, that child is declared the winner, and we move on to playing the next round.
We start a new round by having each child pass their card to their left, so that each child has a new card and is given the opportunity to read new words.
You can make the game easier by reducing the number of squares from the standard 5-by-5 to 4-by-4 or even 3-by-3, and by using a majority of older, more familiar words. You can also allow each child to retain their card for a few rounds so they become more familiar with their cards. As we mentioned, you can help a weak reader at the start of the game by having them read the words to you, correcting any mistakes they have made.
You can make the game harder by using a majority of newer and less familiar words. You can also add some time pressure and increase the pace at which you read out new words, so that the children have to read the words more quickly. Speeding up the pace of the game helps children master the words, as they are forced to truly read by sight and cannot rely on crutches such as sounding out the initial letters.
Alternately, you can make the game last longer by not declaring a winner until a child covers all the squares on their Bingo card.
Bingo is not the best game for doing an assessment of individual children. But by observing the whole classroom, you can get a sense for which words are flummoxing the children and need more work, and the words that are becoming too easy and should be removed from rotation because the children have already mastered them.
Remember that if you are playing with multiple children, each child needs their own card that is different from everyone else’s. Otherwise, everyone will get BINGO at the same time! The pre-made templates below include 30 different Bingo cards made from the same word list, so you can use them for a whole classroom of kids or just one child playing multiple games.
7.1 Custom Sight Words Bingo Cards
Use the Sight Words Bingo Card Creator to create your own custom set of Bingo cards. This generator lets you select from both existing sight words lists (e.g., Dolch and Fry) as well as allowing you to add custom words (e.g., allowing you to add students’ names or words relevant to a unit you are currently doing). The creator will also create a teacher’s word list to help you run the game.
7.2 Blank Bingo Card Templates
7.3 Dolch Sight Words Bingo Cards
7.3.a Dolch Sight Words 5×5 Bingo Cards
7.3.b Dolch Sight Words 4×4 Bingo Cards
7.3.c Dolch Sight Words 3×3 Bingo Cards
7.4 Fry Sight Words Bingo Cards
7.4.a Fry Sight Words 5×5 Bingo Cards
7.4.b Fry Sight Words 4×4 Bingo Cards
7.4.c Fry Sight Words 3×3 Bingo Cards
7.5 Top 150 Written Words Bingo Cards
7.5.a Top 150 Written Words 5×5 Bingo Cards
7.5.b Top 150 Written Words 4×4 Bingo Cards
7.5.a Top 150 Written Words 3×3 Bingo Cards
To download a template, right-click and select Save As.
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Overview
Sight Word Bingo is a great option for practicing sight words in a steady, consistent format. This game is a great independent center practice, whole group, or small group option. At the end of each game, the students are provided with a percentage score correct. This can also be used as a data tracking tool if scores and answers are monitored and collected. This game also provides built-in differentiation through sight word levels pre-primer to third grade.
Students will:
- Be able to listen for sight words.
- Be able to decode sight words based on letter sounds.
- Be able to correctly identify appropriate leveled sight words.
- Be able to single click the mouse or touchpad.
Vocabulary Words:
Repeat: To repeat is to say something again that someone has already said.
Sight Words: Sight Words are words that are recognized immediately (on sight) without phonetically decoding or sounding out parts.
Dolch Sight Word List: The list contains 220 'service words' that have to be easily recognized in order to achieve reading fluency in the English language.
Pre-Primer list: Sight words for Preschool.
Primer list: Sight words for Kindergarten.
1st-grade list: Sight words for 1st grade.
2nd-grade list: Sight words for 2nd grade.
3rd-grade list: Sight words for 3rd grade.
To prepare for this lesson:
Teachers should complete baseline data collection for each student to determine what sight word level is most appropriate. Baseline data collection is available at Thought.co.
Based on baseline data results, students can choose their appropriate Dolch word list for bingo.
Teachers should direct students to the Sight Word Bingo game.
Note: This task is easily differentiated for both gifted and special education programming.
See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources.
Directions for this activity:
Teacher Directions:
Have the students begin the activity ABCYA Sight Word Bingo.
Choose the appropriate level for student engagement based on baseline data.
Make sure your computer speakers or headphones are connected for best game quality.
Student directions for this activity:
- Listen to the word the BINGO bug speaks and click on the corresponding sight word on the screen.
- Get four words correct vertically, horizontally or diagonally to get BINGO and win!
Different options for assessing the students:
- Observations
- Check for understanding
- Data collection
- Student self-tracking
MITECS: Michigan adopted the 'ISTE Standards for Students' called MITECS (Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students) in 2018.
Empowered Learner
1a. Students develop learning goals in collaboration with an educator, select the
technology tools to achieve them and revise the learning process as needed to achieve the goal.
1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Device: PC, Chromebook, Mac, iPad
Browser: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, ALL
App, Extension, or Add-on:
The app can be located at: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-bingo/id406264088
Sight Word Generator Free
The app is $2.99 and compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This app is not available outside of the apple store and only works with iOS devices with iOS 8.1 or later.
Websites:
- Use sight word bingo to review sight words, phonics, letter ID and rhyming.
- Students can also practice utilizing sight words in a sentence.
Practicing directional works such as vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and counting four in a row.
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Abcya Sight Word Bingo Game
CREDITS
This task card was created by Lisa Cleveland, Jackson County ISD, June 2020.