Group Learning Experience Planning Sheet:

Student Name: Jessica Edwards Course Code: ECS4070

Age Group: 4 to 5 years. Date: October 20th 2017

Learning Experience: Literacy Activity- Sight Word Bingo
Programming Purpose:

During a previous placement day a group of different students played a variety of board
games during an indoor recess. Since then the children have been eager to participate in
different types of puzzles and board games, especially if an educator can play along with them.
We also had a substitute teacher on this day, so I wanted to plan an activity that was mess free,
and could be engaging for any of the children in the room so the classroom could be a slightly
calmer environment to work in. Progress reports com out in a few weeks and this is also a
busy time for staff as they test childrens literacy skills. This bingo game uses sight words
instead of numbers and allows the children to practice identifying the common words they will
see during other literacy activities.
Objective:
The children will:
1) Practice social skills related to turn taking and communication when discussing their
bingo cards with staff and their peers.
2) Practice literacy skills when identifying common sight words.
3) Practice identifying letters and their sounds when sounding out words and using
spelling to identify words on bingo cards,

Materials:

Sight Word Bingo Cards (6)

Spinner featuring Sight Words
Bingo Card Markers (125)
Cleaning spray
Paper Towel
Set Up:

Bingo Card
Cleaning Spray

Paper Towel
Chair

Spinner

Table

Table

Implementation

1. I opened the bingo game box and set up six bingo cards at a table as an invitation for
children to participate.
2. I laid out the bingo spinner and a container of bingo markers used to mark off words on
the childrens bingo cards.
3. At this time six children had joined me at the table and we began to play the sight word
bingo game.
4. In a clockwise order, each child took a turn to spin the spinner containing all of the
sight words listed on the bingo cards.
5. As the game continues the children mark the words on their cards that are called out
using bingo markers.
6. When a child comes to a word they are not familiar with we use our knowledge of
letter sounds to try to narrow down the different word options on the childs card until
we find the word that was called.
7. During the game many children noticed when they had the same bingo card as other
children playing the game and these children partnered up to work together to find
their words.
8. As the children filled their cards and many words we spun we repeats, we practiced
spelling out the words or finding rhyming words, to extend the game and add some
additional literacy skill practice.
9. After the first child completed their card, we encouraged them to say Bingo!
10. After the first winner completed their card we continued to spin the spinner and call
 out words until every child completed their card.
11. After all of the children had completed their cards, we placed the cards, spinner and
bingo markers back into their box.
12. After all of the materials were collected I cleaned the table with paper towel and
cleaning spray.

Learning Strategy #1
Performing Task Analysis

While the children were participating in the different steps of our bingo game, I broke down
tasks, eve those as small as spinning the spinner, into smaller steps to make the task easier to
perform for any children that were having difficulties. For example the smaller steps in
spinning the word spinner include:
Put one finger on the edge of the spinner.
Make sure no other part of your hand is touching the round base of the spinner.
Use a flicking motion to turn the arrow on the spinner.
Sound out the letters in the word the spinners arrow lands on.
Call out the word for the players.
Check your card for the word.
Learning Strategy #2
Challenges

While the children are searching for words on their bingo cards I used challenges to give the
children clues about which words they were looking for on their cards. Examples of challenges
for this activity include:
Can you find a word that begins with a sssss sound on your card?
Lets look at our cards to find a two letter word that starts with the letter i.
Lets look to find a row or line of five words on our cards.

Overall Evaluation
What worked during this experience? Why?

The children were engaged and seemed to enjoy learning about sight words in a fun
way.

The children helped each other and worked together when they helped each other
 identify letter sounds and help each other distinguish between similar sight words such
as if and it.

The children were excited as they got closer and closer to completing their bingo cards,
this kept them engaged even when we got down to a point where we were spinning the
same words we had already called multiple times.

What did not work during this experience? Why?

The children participating in this activity are all at very different levels in terms of their
literacy skills. Some of the children are reading at a level above their age, while others
are still learning about letter sounds and identifying letters they may not see often.
Some children who were more familiar with sight words needed to be reminded several
times about giving the other children a chance to identify their words before they
pointed them out for them. This caused some stress among the students. Children who
needed help seemed upset that they didn't get an opportunity, while the children with
higher skills seemed annoyed when they were reminded multiple times to give the
other students a turn.

What might you have done differently?

Allow the children with stronger literacy skills to work in partners with children with
lower skills in order to help the children with lower literacy skills to not feel
discouraged if someone else is more knowledgeable. The children can also open
discussions about important skills used to read our sight words such as identifying
letters, and letter sounds.