B-I-N-G-O!

Happy Friday my friends!  Whew, 5 straight days of blog updates and 1 Open House in the books.  I earned this weekend :)

A couple days ago I mentioned a literacy workshop that I attended and it got me thinking about reading development and how crucial first grade is to it.  I looked at our reading series and noticed that there are 3 times as many sight words in the first grade series than there are in either the K or 2 series.  I know, regardless of what grade you teach, we all go above and beyond what is prescribed in what ever curriculum that our collective districts adopt.  You  might use Dolch or Fry words to supplement but K-2 is the foundation upon which a child's vocabulary is built.

I took a long hard look at my literacy centers to find ways to embed these words so that students were reading and working with them as much as possible.  Whether they were written on the back of puzzle pieces or candy land cards, students would read the card to make the move or add that piece to the puzzle.  They read words they "catch" after fishing for them with magnetic fishing poles or as they play bingo.  I feel like the more I can engage them in the activity, the more meaningful the practice is.  Check out my Sight Word Bingo game below!

There are 4 bingo games, one for each quarter of the school year, which is how we roll here in the FL.  The 1st game contains words from the 1st 3 HM themes for first grade.  The second games uses words from themes 4-5, the third games uses words from themes 6-7, and the fourth uses words from themes 8-10.  They can be used during the quarter that you are currently on or as differentiation for students who are working either above or below grade level.

There are 2 bingo sheets for each game and a page with just the word cards.  I printed mine on colored card stock, laminated them and cut out the word cards.  Students take turns turning over a word card, reading it, and covering it up on their bingo sheet.  There is a thumbs up free spot in the middle and the first to get 5 in a row wins.  This is a pretty basic bingo game that students can use during literacy centers.

Sight Word Bingo is available in my TpT store.  I will email the first person to follow my blog and comment on this post a free copy of sight word bingo!  Don't forget to leave your email address!