Practice that feels like a game
Bingo makes children read every word on their card again and again while they listen for the next one. It works for a whole class, a small group or a family game night.More word games
Try the word search maker, the crossword maker and sight word worksheets.MATATAG links
- Grade 1Reading and Literacy: reading high-frequency words accurately and for meaning.
- Grade 2Sight words and high-frequency words in both English and Filipino, the year both subjects begin.
- Grade 3Filipino sight words and reading learned words accurately.
Bingo is not in any DepEd guide, but it is a quick way to rehearse the word lists the guides do name. The Grade 2 English guide builds vocabulary around oneself and family, then school, then community, and the Filipino guide uses the same circles (sarili at pamilya, komunidad), so one bingo set a quarter keeps pace with both.
Your own word list can be English or Filipino. A Filipino round with words like aso, bahay and paaralan, and an English round with dog, house and school, also helps children connect the two words for one idea.
Summarised in our own words from DepEd’s MATATAG Reading and Literacy (Grade 1), English (Grades 2–10) and Filipino (Baitang 2–10) Curriculum Guides (2023).
