Pedagogical Game: Halloween Bingo
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Looking for an educational class activity to mark the lead-up to Halloween? Halloween bingo is a terrific way to review vocabulary associated with the holiday.
Grade
1-6
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When and Why to Play Bingo
Fun and easy to play, bingo is an ideal classroom game for a variety of occasions (e.g., Valentine’s Day, Christmas) and concepts (e.g., math operations, the periodic table). This version helps students learn and review Halloween-related words.
How to Play
- Put students in groups of 2 to 5 and give everyone a bingo card.
- The students take turns randomly picking a word from the hat. They can read it out or, for a bit of a challenge, spell it out.
- Each player checks their bingo card: If the word is on it, they mark it with a token.
- Repeat steps one to three. Once someone gets a full line of tokens vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they yell “Bingo!” The first player to do so wins.
