Wellness Bingo  

Pre-K through Grade 2

Grade 3 through Grade 6

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Grade Levels Grades 3 through 6

Estimated Teaching Time 20 to 30 minutes

Interdisciplinary Connections

• Identifying words (Listening Skills, Reading)

Objective

Students will identify and understand words pertaining to good health and general wellness.

What Students Do

Wellness Bingo is played just like traditional bingo. The first student to cover five words in a straight line, based on clues supplied by the teacher, calls out “Wellness Bingo!” and wins that round.

Materials Required

• Wellness Bingo card (blackline master 3.8A)
• Counters, such as coins, beans, scraps of paper
• Paper cups or bags
• Word list and word clues sheet (blackline master 3.8B)
• Optional Prizes for winners

Advanced Preparation

• Duplicate blackline master 3.8A, one per student or team.
• Place a small handful of counters into paper cups or bags, one per student.

Suggested Sequence

1. Ask class how many of them have played bingo before at a birthday party or other fun event.
2. Tell students that they will play a game called Wellness Bingo. It is just like regular bingo, except you will cover up words, rather than numbers.
3. Pass out Wellness Bingo cards and counters to each student or team.
4. Explain that you will read to them (or list on the board) a number of wellness terms. They are to write them, one word per square, in the blanks on the bingo cards. Tell them to mix the words up, because there is no way of knowing in what order they’ll be read.
5. Tell them to begin by covering up the very center square,the one that reads “Wellness Bingo.” Then read one of the definitions from the clue sheet, and ask students to identify the right word from their cards. Give students a few moments to find it; then have one of them provide the correct answer.
6. Tell students to cover that word on the card with one of their counters.
7. Continue in this fashion until someone covers five words in a straight line (either across, up and down or diagonally) and calls out “Wellness Bingo!” Ask that student to read aloud the five words as well as the definitions for each. This provides additional reading practice and checks for accuracy.
8. If the student has won the round, you may either continue play from that point or ask students to clear their cards and begin again.

Check for Understanding

• Write some of the bingo words on the board and keep them up during the week, as a review.
• Use the clue sheet as a review activity to promote discussion and reinforce concepts.

Words to Share

• See Wellness Bingo word list (blackline master 3.8B).