Vocabulary Bingo
Language Arts Bingoincludes 10 Bingo games that provide fast-paced practice in key areas of your language arts curriculum. Students build word-recognition skills, develop their understanding of grammar concepts, and strengthen their spelling skills. They’ll also build listening skills and learn teamwork. Play Vocabulary Bingo! Vocabulary development is a key component in upper-elementary reading programs. Students are usually given a list of important words from the reading material and asked to discuss their meanings and relationship to the story. A traditional way to play ESL bingo is to put English vocabulary words on the cards. Students then need to listen for those words as you call them out so they can mark them off. For beginners, you can use pictures on the bingo cards instead of written vocabulary words. Vocabulary Bingo Cards. 1 Airport Bingo Cards: 2 Clothing Bingo Cards: 3 Colors Bingo Cards: 4 Computer Terms Bingo Cards: 5 Containers and Quantity Bingo Cards: 6 Electrical Appliances Bingo Cards: 7 Goodbye Bingo Cards: 8 List of Building Types Bingo Cards: 9 List of Languages Bingo Cards: 10. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
Teaching and practicing vocabulary in a game format, helps students remain engaged and leads to better learning. Vocabulary or theme words are easily added to BINGO and can be adapted with little effort for the different levels in your classroom.
I choose 9 words to focus on at a time and insert them into an editable BINGO game board using Google Drive.
Next, I duplicate the board and move the vocabulary pictures around to different spots on the BINGO board. Next, decide how you want the calling cards. Here are your choices:
- Photo or pictures only
- Picture label (vocabulary word) only
- Definition only
- Combination of all of the choices.
Personally, I tend to do a combination because it allows me to use the cards with a variety of levels. For example, the card below can be used with someone who is at the picture level, label level or definition level.
The best part, is the BINGO board is editable, so I can switch out the vocabulary or theme related materials and use it over and over. So easy!!
Don’t worry, I have you covered! Click HERE to grab a copy of the FREE editable BINGO game to use in your classroom or program. I already have it loaded with life skill vocabulary.
- Prefer pre-made games where all of the work has been done for you? Check out these sets:
learning and teaching resources
There are 36 thematic bingo! cards to choose from. Scroll down to explore, download and print!
Bingo! cards
Our bingo! cards are a fun way to build language skills. You can use them for introducing and practising vocabulary, and they are great to play word games. Designed for further practice, these printables complete our online activities such as matching games or vocabulary quizzes. However, you can use them independently, in any way you like.
Below you will find a picture guide to these resources sorted alphabetically by topic. Each resource image is a direct link to the pdf file. Below each resource image there is a relevant wordlist. Take a look at the previews to see which ones are best for you and your students, then download and print your activities.
How To Play Bingo Pdf
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and print our worksheets.
Supplementary resources
Classroom games »
If your students enjoy our bingo activities, you could expand them by playing related word games. Here are some ideas.
Vocabulary Bingo Template Pdf
Related online word games »
Take the learning online! We offer a variety of word activities that go well with the bingo! cards.