Make sure your spreadsheet program has macros enabled in order for it to work. This would be ideal for the first week or two of Algebra I and for pre-algebra lessons in earlier grades. In previous years, we played basic operations bingo-operations on integers, evaluating expressions and order of operations problems. Algebra II students factored polynomials in their version of the game.
I would write them out, doing an example here and there to guide them along. Algebra I students solved one and two-step equations and found the answers on their bingo cards, with numerical answers appearing on their cards and the equations on the call sheet. I used it for end-of-quarter Algebra I & II review recently. Vocabulary, of course, is not the only way to use BINGO Master.
Within seconds, 30 different bingo cards and a call sheet are generated and ready to print.
You type in 25 vocabulary words and definitions, and then click the 'Print Bingo Cards' button. Steve Mashburn, Coordinator of Online Education for Forsyth County Schools in Georgia, created this spreadsheet in 2001. I've used it since my first year of teaching, and it's always been successful, even with the most difficult classrooms. The BINGO Master template is probably my most tried-and-true, favorite review game for classroom use.
