Phonics Bingo Cards

By Elaine Kirn

Reinforce phonics (sound/spelling) patterns through simple board games, such as Phonics Bingo. These entertaining activites work because they provide immediate feedback---motivating players to understand and then to pronounce contrasting words comprehensibly.

Each level contains eight games of ten different Bingo boards each and eight decks of caller cards. Four of the games contrast vowel sounds and spellings. The other four games focus on consonants--initial, final, and (at higher levels) medial.

An extensive teacher-resource book for each level includes reduced-sized copies of eight different boards, the rules of Phonics Lotto and Bingo with suggestions for classroom variations, and a mini-phonics course for instructors and tutors--with reproducible reference lists, phonics worksheets, mastery checks, and answer keys for learners.

The four levels of Phonics Bingo are progressively more challenging--in number of contrasting words, spelling and sound patterns, and difficulty of the vocabulary on each board.

Literacy Level

Nine picture items per board
Word printed words below each picture

Beginning-Level

16 contrasting words below their pictures.
The most regular and common phonics patterns appear at the bottom.

Intermediate Level

25 items with less common sound-spelling patterns

Advanced Level

36 words per game and board
No pictures
Contrast all the spellings of the relevant sounds in contrast, including exceptions.