Bingo card generator

Bingo card generator for the classroom — free

A bingo card generator turns a list of words, numbers or terms into a class set of bingo cards, each with a different arrangement, so every student has a fair chance to win. Type your list — vocabulary, number facts, sums, definitions or shapes — and choose 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5 cards; 5×5 cards get a free centre square. Make 10 to 40 cards, two per page with a dashed line to cut along, and a caller’s list for you prints at the end. Press “Another version” to shuffle every card again.

How to use it

1. 1Type at least as many words as squares on a card (16 for 4×4).
2. 2Choose the card size and how many cards to print.
3. 3Print, hand out, and read out the words from the caller’s list.

Ideas for your classroom

• Review vocabulary: read a definition and students mark the word.
• Practise number facts: call “6 × 7” and students find 42.
• Play a quick end-of-unit review game on a Friday afternoon.
• Run a getting-to-know-you bingo in the first week of school.

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