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.Curriculum links in England
- Year 1Children learn to read common exception words, noticing the parts that don’t follow the sounds they know.
- Year 2Addition and subtraction facts to 20 should be recalled fluently.
- Year 4All multiplication and division facts up to 12 × 12 should be known.
The pre-primer and primer word lists in this maker are American sight-word lists. The DfE reading framework advises against asking children in England to learn lists of high-frequency words, because most can be sounded out once the letters in them are taught.
For a class in England, type your own list instead: the tricky words from your phonics programme, the graphemes from this week’s lessons, or answers for times tables bingo, where you call 6 × 7 and children look for 42.
Summarised in our own words from the National Curriculum in England (English and mathematics programmes of study) and the DfE reading framework.
