Sight Word Bingo Game
Sight word bingo is like regular bingo but without numbers, it uses words. The words you select are aligned to your child’s level at school and reading. How to play Sight Word Bingo Each child gets a different bingo card. Sight Words Level 1 Bingo Game. Sight Words Level 2 Bingo Game. SCHOLASTIC SIGHT WORDS BULLETIN BOARD. Sight Words Bingo Game builds fluency and confidence in early readers, allowing students to practice high-frequency words in a fun, interactive way. The classic bingo game features 200 words on dual-sided game boards for targeted reading practice at multiple levels.
Do your children grumble and complain when you want them to practice their sight words?
Sight Word Bingo Game Online
Mine do!
With school reading starting this week I’m sure you will be practicing with your little ones so that they can progress with their home readers.
It got me thinking…. Why not make it fun?
If it was a game the kids would be more inclined to want to practice. Maybe they would not even realise they are practicing their sight words, and just think it’s a game.
What is Sight Word Bingo?
Sight word bingo is like regular bingo but without numbers, it uses words. The words you select are aligned to your child’s level at school and reading.
How to play Sight Word Bingo
- Each child gets a different bingo card. (When you print out your cards on Sight Word Bingo Creatoryou can tell it how many cards you need. It automatically creates each card differently for you.)
- If the child/children are not familiar with the words take a moment and read them with the children. Let them get familiar and know the words before playing. If any child needs any help with the words make sure to give them an extra hand. This game is all about getting to know the words.
- It is recommended that the adult/parent use the word in a sentence so that the child understands the word and how it is used. For example: “Mummy had to think about where she put her keys.” (This happens a lot, yes I know I should find a place and keep them there.)
- You can play this game as many times as you like until your child/children know the words. Once they are confident with these words you can then move onto other words.
- The parent or adult calls out the words one at a time. Once the child hears each word, they cover the word that appears on their bingo card with a marker. (If you don’t have markers how about buttons or bottle tops – cheap and easy to get a hold of)
- Remember: Not every word is on every card. If every word was on all cards everyone would get bingo.
The words to read out for Sight Word Bingo! Let the games begin.
- When the child has a whole row of words completed whether horizontal, vertical or diagonal they have won. To win you need to yell, “BINGO!”
How do you create your own Sight Word Bingo?
To create your own Sight Word Bingo game, you need to go to the Sight Word Bingo Creator (see below image)
I selected two cards to be created as I have two children. You can select more if you need more.
I selected the Dolch Sight words and ticked the box for 1st Grade. As you can see there are more grades to choose from and different selections of sight words.
Once all selected and confirmed a PDF is generated that allowed me to save and to print.
Free Online Sight Word Bingo Games
I would recommend printing on thicker paper so that the Bingo Card lasts a bit longer and maybe laminating it so that it can be used again and again.
Have fun with your Sight Words Bingo and I hope this will help your little one learn more words.
Disclaimer:I was looking online and found the SightWords website. I was so taken with their free resources to help children read, and making these tools accessible is fabulous. I have not been paid to promote SightWords and had to share this great website as helping your little one read is very important.
Do you practice sight words with your child/children at home? Help at school for reading?
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Pre-Primer Noah's Ark These games cover all 40 pre-primer Dolch sight words. Using a Noah's Ark theme, children play bingo and a board game on printables featuring both cute and scary animals such as giraffes, pandas, monkeys and snakes. The bingo set has are 25 pages in total, consisting of 3 sets of 8 bingo cards plus one vocabulary list. The board game has the vocabulary list and 3 board game pages. Terms of Use Artist Credits Help | |
Primer Circus Fun These games include 48 of the 52 primer Dolch sight words. Using a circus theme, children play bingo and a board game on pages featuring clowns, teddy bears, elephants and lions. The bingo game has 25 pages in total, consisting of 3 sets of 8 bingo cards plus one vocabulary list. The board game has the vocabulary list and 3 board game pages. Due to space, the 4 words left out are on, at, yes and no. Terms of Use Artist Credits Help | |
First Grade School Fun These games cover all 41 first grade Dolch sight words. Using a school theme, children play bingo and a board game on pages featuring children holding markers, paintbrushes, rulers, books and backpacks. The bingo game has 25 pages in total, consisting of 3 sets of 8 bingo cards plus one vocabulary list. The board game has the vocabulary list and 3 board game pages. Terms of Use Artist Credits Help | |
Second Grade Wild West These games include all 46 second grade Dolch sight words. Using a Wild West theme, children play bingo and a board game on pages featuring cowboys, cowgirls, horses, cowboy boots, cacti and even tipi. The bingo game has 25 pages in total, consisting of 3 sets of 8 bingo cards plus one vocabulary list. The board game has the vocabulary list and 3 board game pages. Terms of Use Artist Credits Help | |
Third Grade Pirates These games cover all 41 third grade Dolch sight words. Using a pirates theme, children play bingo and a board game on pages featuring a variety of pirates, a parrot, treasure chest and a Jolly Roger flag. The bingo game has 25 pages in total, consisting of 3 sets of 8 bingo cards plus one vocabulary list. The board game has the vocabulary list and 3 board game pages. Terms of Use Artist Credits Help | |
Dolch Nouns Jungle Safari All 95 of the Dolch Nouns are included in this bingo game. With cards filled with animals from a Jungle Safari theme, children can practice reading the most common nouns used in children's books. This bingo game has 41 pages in total, consisting of 5 sets of 8 bingo cards plus a vocabulary list. Terms of Use Artist Credits Help | |
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Help The games here are electronic files which are only available by download. Most modern computers already have a PDF reader installed, but if you aren't able to open or download the games, you may need to get Adobe Reader (free) or other PDF reader. Game Instructions For Bingo, call out words one at a time and have your students place markers on squares with words that match those called out. The winner is the first student to get four squares in a row, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The Board games can be played by rolling a die, moving a marker forward the number of spaces shown on the die and reading the word on the last square out loud. Alternatively, have students play 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' with the winner moving forward one space at a time (skip the 'Miss a Turn' squares) and reading out each word. The winner is the first student to reach the 'Finish' square. [Top] | |
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