Bingo! Cards
Create 35 Bingo cards like this.
Learn about how Bingo can help your students learn to read their Kindergarten sight words, First Grade sight words, and Second Grade sight words, and have fun while doing it.
What is Bingo?
Bingo is a game where the caller calls out a word from the list. The first student to get five words in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally, calls out 'Bingo' and wins!
How do we use Bingo as a reading activity?
Bingo is a fun and engaging way to practice reading sight words and vocabulary! One person (the teacher, or a student if the classroom is divided into groups) acts as the caller and randomly selects words from the word list on the last page. As each word is called out, students need to find and mark that word on their unique Bingo card. This encourages quick word recognition and reading fluency. The first student to get five words in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally, calls out 'Bingo' and wins!
You can reward the winner with a small prize, or have them pick a word from the list to add to the classroom word wall.
How does Bingo help with learning to read?
Learning to quickly recognize words is a critical component of Science of Reading. Research shows that repeated exposure to sight words and vocabulary through engaging activities helps develop automatic word recognition, which is essential for reading fluency. Bingo provides this practice in a fun, game-based format that keeps students motivated and engaged.
How can I make Bingo cards?
Worksheet Creator is a free tool that generates up to 35 unique Bingo cards for your classroom.
Enter at least 24 words you want to include, choose the Bingo template, and download your cards. Each student gets their own unique card with a random arrangement of the words. The last page includes the complete word list for the caller to use.
Worksheet Creator also includes over 380 pre-made word lists to help you fill in additional words that match a strategy or theme.
Create 35 Bingo cardsVideo resources
This video shows how you can use Bingo in your classroom: