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Who doesn’t
love a good game of BINGO??? The correct
answer is: everyone loves to play BINGO!!!!
Thinking about how fun it is to play BINGO, some brilliant educational
minds decided to use this strategy to motivate students in the classroom. If you are looking for a fun,
easy-to-implement, visual classroom management system that encourages teamwork
and promotes positive behavior, then look no further J
To introduce Behavior BINGO (also known as “100 Squares”):
- Make (or buy) a 100s chart. This could be a large poster that is posted on the wall, or it could be a letter-sized sheet of paper that is projected with the overhead projector (how old-school are we??) or the ELMO (Yes! We’ve made it into the 21st century).
- Specially designate several spaces on the 100s chart with a special color or symbol. These special spaces will represent a prize. More information on this to come…
- Decide what options are available for rewards. You will want several bigger options for when the class gets a BINGO on the board or fills in the entire board. And you’ll want a smaller option for when a number is drawn corresponding to a special space. Examples of bigger rewards: popcorn party, watch a movie, etc. Examples of smaller rewards: 3-minute, dance break, movement/brain break, take a problem off of a worksheet, staring contest, etc.
- Determine what behaviors warrant pulling a number. Do you want to work on students staying in their designated areas? Do you want to work on students speaking respectfully to each other? Do you need more students to turn in homework on a daily basis? The world (or classroom) is your oyster, and the behaviors are the pearls J
- Teach the game to the students. Explain what behaviors students will be able to pull numbers for. When a number is pulled, it gets marked off on the 100s chart. When students fill in a horizontal row, a vertical column, or a diagonal, they earn a class reward. When the whole chart is filled in (a blackout!), they earn an even bigger class reward. If a number is drawn for a “special space,” the class earns an immediate, smaller reward (such as a dance break).
- Practice playing the game and provide feedback to the students.
- Now it’s time to play the game! Play the game daily so that you are providing frequent and positive feedback to your students. And remember, the goal is to have fun and reward positive behaviors!
- Try a variation called “Literacy Bingo.” Instead of a 100s chart, list out literacy terms in each box (e.g., exclamatory statement, question, period, etc.). Instead of pulling numbers, students will pull questions when the class is engaging in positive behaviors. The students would have to determine what answer on the board corresponded to the question that was pulled, and fill in that space. For example, “what is the grammatical mark that indicates the end of a sentence?” The answer: period. The students would fill in the space on the board that said “period.”
- Try making a Behavior BINGO board out of a coordinate grid. Instead of pulling numbers. Students would pull coordinates. You would then color in the corresponding coordinate. Talk about a fun math lesson!
- Try a smaller 100s chart for an individual student. You know the child. The one who needs a liiiiiiitle bit more than the other students. That student could have his/her own 100s chart on the desk. When the teacher sees the student exhibiting a positive/appropriate behavior, the student can pull a number and color in the corresponding square.
Check out our Pinterest boards for more ideas!
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