Rhyming Bingo Cards

Rhyming Bingo Cards

1. Each student is given a bingo card or bingo worksheet containing a different random selection of words, and a marker pen (or set of counters).
   
   Here is an example of a typical Rhyming bingo card:
   
   
   
2. The teacher (or parent) chooses a word at random, and reads out one or more "clue words" which rhyme with the target word, for example, if the word was "cat", the parent or teacher might say "bat", "hat", or "mat"
   
   Depending on how advanced the students are, parents and teachers can choose rhyming words (for the bingo cards and the clues) of the appropriate level of difficulty. For example, beginning students might play rhyming bingo using only simpler words, mostly CVC words, but more advanced students might play the game using words involving other phonics concepts as well such as bossy Es, consonant digraphs, R-controlled vowels, or vowel digraphs, or even with words involving more than one phonic concept. For the most advanced students of all, you could even mix in some irregularly spelled rhyming words.
   
   Here is list of groups of rhyming words to get you started - you can of course come up with your own rhyming words if you prefer. If using the table below, normally you would want to include one word from any particular group on the bingo card, and use one or more other words in the group as the clue words (please note, some words or groups of rhymes may appear in more than one box).
   
   

   CVC Rhyming Word Groups

   CVC Rhymes: bad dad	CVC Rhymes: bag rag sag
   CVC Rhymes: can fan man pan Other Rhymes: span	CVC Rhymes: bat cat fat hat mat Other Rhymes: chat splat
   CVC Rhymes: bed fed red Other Rhymes: head sped	CVC Rhymes: hen men pen ten
   CVC Rhymes: jet net pet set vet wet	CVC Rhymes: hid kid lid Other Rhymes: grid
   CVC Rhymes: big dig fig pig wig	CVC Rhymes: fin pin win Other Rhymes: chin grin spin
   CVC Rhymes: dip hip nip Other Rhymes: chip grip	CVC Rhymes: bit fit hit lit pit Other Rhymes: grit split
   CVC Rhymes: cob job mob	CVC Rhymes: bog cog dog fog frog log
   CVC Rhymes: hop mop top Other Rhymes: chop	CVC Rhymes: cot dot pot Other Rhymes: spot
   CVC Rhymes: box fox	CVC Rhymes: bug dug rug tug Other Rhymes: smug snug
   CVC Rhymes: fun run sun Other Rhymes: spun	CVC Rhymes: cub rub tub
   CVC Rhymes: cup pup	CVC Rhymes: but hut nut

   
   

   Bossy E Rhyming Word Groups

   Bossy E Rhymes: face mace pace space	Bossy E Rhymes: fade made spade Other Rhymes: maid
   Bossy E Rhymes: bake cake fake lake make shake take wake	Bossy E Rhymes: cage page rage
   Bossy E Rhymes: blame came fame game name same tame	Bossy E Rhymes: cape grape tape
   Bossy E Rhymes: gate late Other Rhymes: great wait weight	Bossy E Rhymes: cave save
   Bossy E Rhymes: mice nice rice spice twice	Bossy E Rhymes: side wide
   Bossy E Rhymes: bike like spike	Bossy E Rhymes: file mile pile while Other Rhymes: dial
   Bossy E Rhymes: lime time Other Rhymes: rhyme	Bossy E Rhymes: dine fine line mine nine pine vine
   Bossy E Rhymes: fire wire	Bossy E Rhymes: kite spite Other Rhymes: bright fight light tight
   Bossy E Rhymes: dive five hive live	Bossy E Rhymes: code rode Other Rhymes: load road toad
   Bossy E Rhymes: hole mole pole Other Rhymes: coal goal soul	Bossy E Rhymes: bone cone phone Other Rhymes: moan
   Bossy E Rhymes: hope rope Other Rhymes: soap	Bossy E Rhymes: joke poke spoke Other Rhymes: folk
   Bossy E Rhymes: hose nose rose	Bossy E Rhymes: note vote Other Rhymes: boat coat goat throat
   Bossy E Rhymes: fuse use Other Rhymes: lose mews	Bossy E Rhymes: cube tube
   Bossy E Rhymes: cute mute Other Rhymes: boot fruit shoot

   
   

   Consonant Digraph Rhyming Word Groups

   Consonant Digraph Rhymes: chick sick thick trick	Consonant Digraph Rhymes: duck luck truck
   Consonant Digraph Rhymes: ball hall small tall wall	Consonant Digraph Rhymes: bell shell smell spell tell well
   Consonant Digraph Rhymes: bill fill hill will	Consonant Digraph Rhymes: king ring sing spring thing
   Consonant Digraph Rhymes: dish wish	Consonant Digraph Rhymes: bath path

   
   

   R-Controlled Vowel Rhyming Word Groups

   R-Controlled Rhymes: car far jar tar	R-Controlled Rhymes: bark dark mark park
   R-Controlled Rhymes: card hard	R-Controlled Rhymes: arm charm farm
   R-Controlled Rhymes: barn yarn	R-Controlled Rhymes: art cart dart smart Other Rhymes: heart
   R-Controlled Rhymes: girl hurl whirl	R-Controlled Rhymes: dirt hurt skirt
   R-Controlled Rhymes: fork pork	R-Controlled Rhymes: born corn horn
   R-Controlled Rhymes: bird herd word	R-Controlled Rhymes: fort port
   R-Controlled Rhymes: blur fur her	R-Controlled Rhymes: surf turf
   R-Controlled Rhymes: burn fern turn

   
   

   Vowel Digraph Rhyming Word Groups

   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: fail jail mail nail sail snail tail Other Rhymes: pale whale	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: gain main pain
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: bee flea tea	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: read seed speed weed
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: beam gleam team	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: bean been lean seen Other Rhymes: scene
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: beat cheat feet heat meat meet	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: beef chief leaf reef
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: load road toad Other Rhymes: code rode	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: loaf oaf
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: coal goal soul Other Rhymes: hole mole pole	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: boat coat goat Other Rhymes: note throat vote
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: moon noon soon Other Rhymes: tune	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: boo too zoo
   Vowel Digraph Rhymes: boot shoot Other Rhymes: cute fruit mute	Vowel Digraph Rhymes: blue true Other Rhymes: chew few

   
   
   
3. The students then look for any word that rhymes with the clue, on their bingo card or worksheet. If they find it, they cross off that square (or cover it with a counter). Students start off with one square they can mark off without waiting for it to be called out - the "Free Space" square in the middle of the bingo card.
   
   
4. The winner is the first student to achieve a winning pattern and call out "Bingo!" (the teacher or parent should check their card at this point).
   
   It is of course essential that the teacher (or parent) should explain what is required for a winning pattern before play starts:
   
   
   • If you want to play a short game: The winning pattern could be any straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) of five marked off squares.
     
     
   • If you want to play medium-length game: The winning pattern could be any two intersecting straight lines of five marked off squares.
     
     
   • If you want to play a long game: The winning pattern could be to mark off every square on the bingo card. Please note however, if lots of your students are prone to miss matches, you might never get a winner this way!
     
     
   • If you have lots of students, and want to have multiple winners: You could have multiple winner patterns - the first winner is the first student to mark off all four corner squares, the second winner is the first student to get a straight line of five marked off squares, the third winner is the first student to get two intersecting lines of five, and the fourth winner is the student who is first to mark off all the squares on their bingo card.

1. Try varying the winning pattern.
   
   
2. Try using different words. TODO

1. Start the Bingo Card Printer.
   
   
2. Click New... on the File menu.
   
   
3. Choose Blank as the type of new template, then click OK.
   
   
4. Enter each of the words into Bingo Card Printer software:
   
   
   • To add an item: Type the new item into the field entitled Type your new item here.
     
     
   • To remove an item: Select the item (by clicking with the mouse) in the list of items, and then select Delete Item on the Edit menu.
     
     
   • To add multiple items quickly: Click Add Multiple Items... on the Edit menu of Bingo Card Printer, and type the items one per line.
     
     
   • To copy a list of items from another program (for example, a word processor document): Select and then Copy the items in the word processor or other program (they must be listed one item per line), switch to Bingo Card Printer, and click Add Multiple Items... on the Edit menu, and then paste them into dialog box by right clicking in the text entry area and selecting Paste on the pop-up menu.
   
   
5. Optionally: If you want to, you can change the colors and/or fonts for the bingo cards using the Colors... or Fonts... options on the Format menu.
   
   
6. Optionally: If you want to, you can change the printing options (such as the number of bingo cards to print, or the number of bingo cards per printed page) on the main screen of Bingo Card Printer
   
   
7. Click Print... on the File menu. Change any of printer options if you want to, then click OK to begin printing.

1. Note: To make use of these materials you will need the registered version of the Bingo Card Printer. The materials were prepared using version 3.20 of Bingo Card Printer, so if you have an older version of the software on your computer, please upgrade to the latest version of the software first.
   
   
2. You can download the settings file bingo_rhyming.bcp by clicking here. Save the file to a folder of your choice on computer.
   
   
3. Start Bingo Card Printer.
   
   
4. Click Open... on the File menu, then select the file that you saved in step 2, and click OK.
   
   
5. The template will now open, and you can use it, modify it, etc., as you wish.
   
   
6. Note: Expert users who wish to download all the settings files (for all the bingo projects on this site), and all the PDF files (containing our free printables), as one combined ZIP file (which you will then need unpack to extract the individual files), can do so by downloading bingo_templates.zip by clicking here.