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Vocabulary Bingo

Looking for a fun, quick vocabulary game? Look no further! Vocabulary Bingo provides a great opportunity to review vocabulary terms, definitions, and features. Play just one round or many. Spice it up with new winning bingo combinations such as Four Corners or make connections to math and challenge students to get two parallel bingos before shouting out. Have fun with it!

Common Core State Standards

3rd Grade	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 – Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
4th Grade	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4 – Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
5th Grade	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.4 – Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
6th Grade	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
7th Grade	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
8th Grade	CCSS.ELA-Litearcy.RI.8.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Downloads

Bingo board

Definition list

Objective:

Students will be able to apply what they know about content-specific vocabulary terms to successfully engage in a game with peers.

Materials:

• Building Blocks of Finance books

• Copies of the Building Blocks of Finance Bingo boards

• Chips or other manipulatives students can use as markers throughout the game

Directions:

Download and print bingo boards and the definition list from the materials section.
Have students choose 24 (if using a free space) or 25 (if not) vocabulary terms from the Word List to write in the boxes on their Bingo Board.
Provide chips (or other manipulatives) so students can mark their Bingo Boards.
Read the definitions of the vocabulary words aloud. Have students place a chip on the word that best corresponds to the definition.
When a student has 5 vocabulary words in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally), they yell “Bingo!”
Have the student read out the words that gave them bingo, checking to make sure you read those words off the World List.
Optional: Provide prizes for the winner(s).