Bingo Lingo

Kids love games.  Some are educational and some are just plain fun.  Bingo can go either way. By using the weekly vocabulary, you can reinforce sight recognition of their words.  By using holiday words, you can fill the time when many students are absent for some reason. 

• There’s the regular up, down, or diagonal lines

• You can do the regular lines but require 2 bingos

• Four corners

• Small box (all the boxes around the free space)

• Large box (around all the edges)

• Equal sign (two parallel bingos on either side of the free space)

• Fence (B, N, and O only)

• Letter E (top row, middle row, and bottom row plus the B column)

• Blank out (cover all the spaces – but make sure you have plenty of options or everybody will be yelling Bingo! at once!)

• Now let’s get a little creative: Have everyone stand up.  When a component is called and it’s on their sheet, they sit down.  The last person standing with no squares covered is the winner.  Again, you need lots of numbers, letters, etc. for this to work.

If you want to make your own bingo games, I find www.bingobaker.com very easy to use.  It’s $24.95 for a lifetime membership, but it is SO totally worth it!  (If you find you don’t like it, the fee is refundable up to 30 days after purchase.) You can either save multiple mixed copies or post your game online (privately with a URL link) to play with your virtual students (Gee, I hope we don’t go back to that!)  You can use pictures, words, or anything you want to copy and paste into the bingo boxes.

Copy your completed, saved bingo games into EASEL by Teachers Pay Teachers, and you can add moveable “chips” to the game.  See my free sample for back-to-school HERE.  It takes a little finesse to get used to the system, but once you master it, I guarantee you’ll be hooked!

Now about those bingo games.  If you’ve been to the local firehouse or church that sponsors bingo games, you’ll know that there are many different combinations to play.

Have fun with all of these bingo options.  Come up with your own prizes depending on the season or the unit that you’re showcasing with your game.

See my other Bingo games HERE. As you can see, I'm not done with the monthly STEM bingos, but I'll get there eventually!

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Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - August 4, 2021

              

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or simply by leaving a comment on this blog post.

First Day of School: An Audience Participation Play for Listening Skills - Free

by Reading Spotlight
2nd - 4th grades
Activities, Fun Stuff, Scripts

This script is perfect for the first days of school because it helps to establish listening and attention skills in class. The play focuses on the skills of listening to the teacher and to each other. It is really fun, too, so enjoy the smiles. 

Back to School Activities - $3.00

by Sunshine and Laughter by Deno
1st - 4th grades
Activities, Fun Stuff, Printables

Welcome your students back to school with this fun booklet that contains no prep activities to keep your students busy as they enter your classroom on the first day of school. This product contains a collection of activities that will help you and your students get to know one another. You could also use this product for morning work for the first week or two of school by assigning certain pages to complete each day.  

Under the Sea Theme All About Me Craft | Back to School Activity - $3.50

by Tammy's Toolbox
1st - 4th grades
Fun Stuff, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

These build an ocean animal crafts include back-to-school activities and bulletin board ideas so you can create a "fintastic" display. They coordinate with the Under the Sea Classroom Decor set. Finished animals have movable parts. Ideas are included for getting to know you activities, classroom management, and bulletin boards/displays.  Included are a tropical fish, a whale, and a shark.

Getting to Know You Back-to-School Activities - $3.50

By Charlene Tess

9th - 12th grades

Activities, Handouts, Printables

This unit will help you with activities for the first week of school to acclimate your students to your classroom. It includes a series of activities that will introduce your students to their classmates and to you.

Back to School Glyph - Reading and Following Directions, Interpreting Data - $3.00

By Scipi

1st - 3rd grades

Activities, Fun Stuff, Printables

This glyph is an excellent back to school activity for reading and following directions, and requires problem solving, communication, and data organization. The students color or put different items in a school yard based on information about themselves. Students are to finish the back to school glyph using the nine categories given in the resource.

Other WW5U$5 Team Members on TpT to Visit:

History at Home

Urbino12

As always, I encourage comments below and any ideas or suggestions by emailing me at reneeheiss@gmail.com

Renee Heiss

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