Math Bingo

Component:        Vocabulary/Word study

Objectives:         The student will demonstrate acquisition and use of expanded vocabulary by using 
                            the context to construct meaning.                   

Materials:         computer, Paint, tables (see below) paper, math vocabulary words and definitions

Procedure:         1) Make a bingo card template by clicking on the word table at the top of the screen
                                and then clicking insert and table.
                            2) Type in 5 for the columns and 6 for the rows
                            3) Adjust the size of the card 
                            4) Type in BINGO in the top row of the card and FREE Space in the middle box.
                            5) Save it and name it template or bingo card.
                            6) Students will open template, type in words in the appropriate columns and print it.
                            7) If they want to save it, they should use their name so as not to erase the template.
                            8) Each student will have a unique card because he can place the words anywhere in
                                the column.

                    Bingo Card Directions:

                    Divide the list of words into five parts (the more words the better). The first part should
                    have the letter B in front of it. It helps if the letter B is in another color. Continue placing
                    the letters into the five groups so that all words are preceded by a B, I, N, G, or O. Print
                    a few copies of this. The students open the template and type in a word from the B list
                    into one of the boxes on the template under the letter B. The cards may then be laminated.
                    Covers may be pennies, small candies, colored papers, etc. The teacher randomly selects 
                    words from the list, or may cut the paper into the individual words and reads the definition
                    while the students search for the word on their cards. 

Sample of Vocabulary Words and Definitions

sum = the answer to an addition problem
subtract = to take one number away from another
mean = average
median = the middle number in a set of numbers
mode = the number most used in a set of numbers
range = the difference between the highest number and the lowest in a set of numbers
product = the answer to a multiplication problem
estimate = to round
acute angle = having less than 90 degrees 
obtuse = having more than 90 degrees
right angle = having 90 degrees
reflex angle = having more than 180 degrees
factor = a number that divides evenly into another number
pattern = a certain arrangement of numbers
value = how much something is worth
perimeter = add all sides of a figure
area = length times width 
volume = length times width times height
dozen = another name for twelve
congruent = having the same size and shape
mixed number = a fraction and a whole number

Evaluation:          After playing several games the students will be tested (the next day). The teacher randomly
                             chooses fifteen or twenty words or definitions and the students writes the answers on paper. 

Homework:         The student chooses from the list and writes or types the words and definitions of all those
                             words he or she missed on the test and creates a new bingo card at home with all those words.

Extensions:        *Students can create other math bingo games by making a table and filling in the squares.
                            *The teacher can give a quiz by spelling the words and the students covering them.
                            *Students can learn how to create their own bingo games at Math Bingo Games.
                            *Students can play Matho Games (mathematics plus bingo) at A Plus Math.