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Printable sight word bingo

Printable sight word bingo cards for every Dolch group: six different cards and a call list on one sheet, ready to photocopy. Four in a row wins, then the winner reads their words back.

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Sight word bingo — Picture nouns

Set 5 — six different cards

Cut the cards out and give one to each player. Read a word from the call list, then tick it off. Four in a row wins — and the winner reads their four words back before the next round starts.

Card 1

BOAT BOY RABBIT EYE
NEST BIRTHDAY BIRD DOLL
STICK COW DOOR BROTHER
BED PICTURE FLOOR HAND

Card 2

CAR FARMER BALL MONEY
CORN BROTHER WOMEN FIRE
CHRISTMAS FISH FARM CAT
RABBIT BED COAT BACK

Card 3

STREET BELL RING MOTHER
KITTY HOME BEAR STICK
DOLL DOG WINDOW FIRE
EYE SUN TABLE SCHOOL

Card 4

SNOW WATER HORSE DUCK
CAR BOX FEET RAIN
WINDOW STREET BALL EGG
BACK SCHOOL SISTER DOG

Card 5

NIGHT RABBIT PARTY WOOD
MORNING WATER TREE SQUIRREL
BACK WIND GIRL CHAIR
FARM BABY WATCH SHEEP

Card 6

WOOD MEN GOAT GAME
PAPER CORN GRASS CAT
CHRISTMAS GIRL MONEY RING
SQUIRREL NAME SONG FLOWER

Call list — Picture nouns (97 words)

APPLE · BABY · BACK · BALL · BEAR · BED · BELL · BIRD · BIRTHDAY · BOAT · BOX · BOY · BREAD · BROTHER · CAKE · CAR · CAT · CHAIR · CHICKEN · CHILDREN · CHRISTMAS · COAT · CORN · COW · DAY · DOG · DOLL · DOOR · DUCK · EGG · EYE · FARM · FARMER · FATHER · FEET · FIRE · FISH · FLOOR · FLOWER · GAME · GARDEN · GIRL · GOAT · GRASS · GROUND · HAND · HEAD · HILL · HOME · HORSE · HOUSE · KITTY · LEG · LETTER · MAN · MEN · MILK · MONEY · MORNING · MOTHER · NAME · NEST · NIGHT · PAPER · PARTY · PICTURE · PIG · RABBIT · RAIN · RING · ROBIN · SANTA CLAUS · SCHOOL · SEED · SHEEP · SHOE · SISTER · SNOW · SONG · SQUIRREL · STICK · STREET · SUN · TABLE · THING · TIME · TOP · TOY · TREE · WATCH · WATER · WAY · WIND · WINDOW · WOMAN · WOMEN · WOOD

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How to Run a Bingo Round

  1. Six Cards, All Different

    Every sheet holds six cards and no two are the same. That is the point of a set — a class playing on identical cards all shout at the same moment, and nobody has read anything. Print one sheet per six players and cut them apart.

  2. Read the Word, Do Not Show It

    The call list is at the bottom of the sheet. Read a word aloud, use it in a sentence, then read it again — that is the way it is set out in every teacher's guide to this game. Holding the word up defeats it: a child who cannot read WAS can still match the letters.

  3. Four in a Row Wins

    Across, down or corner to corner. Then the winner reads their four words back before the next round starts, which is the part that turns a marked square into a word somebody knows.

  4. One Group at a Time

    The sets are split into the six groups Dolch published — 40 pre-primer words, 52 primer, then 41, 47 and 41 for the first three grades, and 95 picture nouns. Print the one your class is working on.

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Printable bingo questions

How many cards do I need?

One per player, and they should all be different. Each sheet gives you six, and there are more sets behind the numbers at the top, so a class of thirty needs five sheets.

What do children mark the squares with?

Anything small — counters, buttons, dried pasta, torn paper. Counters are better than pencil because the card can be used again, and a card that survives the term is worth more than a tidy one.

Is there an online version?

Yes. The sight word games page plays the same game in a browser, reads the words aloud for you, and asks for the same read-back when a line is finished.

Which words are on the cards?

The Dolch list, whole: 220 service words and 95 picture nouns, in the six groups he published in 1936. Nothing is left out for being long — a printed card has room that a phone does not.