Reading Bingo

4/9/2022admin

BINGO card of 25 different choices for supplementary, independent reading for advanced middle school readers and the book response and rubric. The BINGO board helps meet the CCSS requirements for both fiction and non-fiction while allowing for student choice within each square. The focus is on read.

Get a blackout (mark off all 25 books on your bingo card or log 25 books on Beanstack through the Winter Reading Challenge 2021 program) and you will qualify for a special grand prize drawing that includes an iPad, a cozy library branded blanket, and a Skip-the-Wait Pass on a physical book or an OverDrive digital book. Reading Bingo was developed to encourage lifelong reading habits. This independent reading unit is grounded in student choice and exploration into a wide variety of genres, authors, and books. The unit is implemented between September and May during the school year.

It is a simple fact that the more your child reads, the better they read. Encourage your child to read more with this bingo reading activity and you will be helping them to become more confident and more proficient readers.

Some children need no encouragement to read, but others (mine included) do need some prodding now and again to 'remind' them to pick up a book and read.

My children keep reading logs of books which they have read and this helps to incentivise them to read more. However, I am always keen to try new ways to keep them reading and this activity is a fun and gentle way to encourage your child to read more.

In this bingo reading game your child chooses which of the suggested reading activities they want to do. Once they have completed it, they can colour in the square. When they have coloured in five squares in a row they have a Bingo! You can stop there, or encourage your child to continue with the other activities until all the squares are coloured in.

How quickly can your child get five-in-a-row? Can they complete all 24 activities?

Download a copy of the Bingo reading activity chart here.

You can adapt the activities according to the reading level of your child. Early readers can read short, simple books or listen to adults reading. More confident readers can read pictures books, or chapters of longer books.

As well as encouraging your child to read more, these activities will also help to practice key reading comprehension skills such as questioning, visualisation and summarising. It is important for your child to develop these skills so that they understand more fully what they are reading.

I hope this helps to keep your child reading!

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Are you hosting a READING party? Your guests will love playing READING Bingo! Download 2 free pages of READING Bingo including instructions and a randomized call sheet.

SELF-CORRECT to Make Sense	Ask QUESTIONS as They Read	Pay ATTENTION When Reading	Make CONNECTIONS	TALK About Books
VISUALIZE What They Read	Adjust READING RATE	Notice WHO Wrote the Book	Find FAMILIAR SOUNDS in New Words	KEEP READING to Find Answers
Look for CLUES about New Words	Take CHANCES	RE-READ to Find Answers	Use TEXT FEATURES and FORMATS	Make INFERENCES
REVISE Predictions	Set a PURPOSE Before Reading	Make PREDICTIONS	LOOK at PICTURES for Clues	Look for the MAIN Idea
Look for MEANING in Words	FREE READING SPACE	SOUND OUT Word Parts	MONITOR Comprehension	THINK About What They Know

This bingo card was created randomly from a total of 25 events:
Adjust READING RATE,Ask QUESTIONS as They Read,FREE READING SPACE,Find FAMILIAR SOUNDS in New Words,KEEP READING to Find Answers,LOOK at PICTURES for Clues,Look for CLUES about New Words,Look for MEANING in Words,Look for the MAIN Idea,MONITOR Comprehension,Make CONNECTIONS,Make INFERENCES,Make PREDICTIONS,Notice WHO Wrote the Book,Pay ATTENTION When Reading,RE-READ to Find Answers,REVISE Predictions,SELF-CORRECT to Make Sense,SOUND OUT Word Parts,Set a PURPOSE Before Reading,TALK About Books,THINK About What They Know,Take CHANCES,Use TEXT FEATURES and FORMATS,VISUALIZE What They Read.
Host Instructions:

Decide when to start and select your goal(s)
Designate a judge to announce events randomly or as they happen
Cross off events from the list when announced

Goals:

First to get any line (up, down, left, right, diagonally)
First to get the four corners
First to get two diagonal lines through the middle (an 'X')
First to get all squares

Guest Instructions:

Check off events on your card as they occur
If you complete a goal, shout 'Bingo!'. You've won!
The judge decides in the case of disputes

LOOK at PICTURES for Clues	Look for MEANING in Words	TALK About Books	Notice WHO Wrote the Book	MONITOR Comprehension
REVISE Predictions	THINK About What They Know	RE-READ to Find Answers	Pay ATTENTION When Reading	KEEP READING to Find Answers
Make INFERENCES	SOUND OUT Word Parts	SELF-CORRECT to Make Sense	Adjust READING RATE	Ask QUESTIONS as They Read
Take CHANCES	Look for CLUES about New Words	Look for the MAIN Idea	Use TEXT FEATURES and FORMATS	Make CONNECTIONS
Set a PURPOSE Before Reading	FREE READING SPACE	Find FAMILIAR SOUNDS in New Words	VISUALIZE What They Read	Make PREDICTIONS

Reading Bingo 2019

Host Instructions:

Decide when to start and select your goal(s)
Designate a judge to announce events randomly or as they happen
Cross off events from the list when announced

Reading Bingo Fun

Goals:

Reading Bingo Game

First to get any line (up, down, left, right, diagonally)
First to get the four corners
First to get two diagonal lines through the middle (an 'X')
First to get all squares

Guest Instructions:

Reading Bingo

Check off events on your card as they occur
If you complete a goal, shout 'Bingo!'. You've won!
The judge decides in the case of disputes