PTC Bingo Card 2026 - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Interview goes over time
2. Student suddenly becomes silent and avoids eye contact
3. Conference is mostly off topic
4. My child says that they don't get homework
5. Parent requests extensions for non‑academic reasons
6. Parent blames teacher for student behaviour
7. "Why aren't they doing better?"
8. Parent wants more updates
9. Interview turns philosophical about “kids these days.”
10. You realize you’ve repeated the same explanation 14 times tonight
11. "They don't listen to us"
12. Parent comes in just to say hi
13. Parent can't get on to MyEd
14. Parent insists that child works better at home
15. "So that's where the kid gets their behaviour from" Teacher thought
16. Student is leaving on vacation and wants all the work ahead of time
17. Parent wants child next to specific people
18. Late parent
19. Parent wants fewer updates
20. "We know our child can be a lot but..."
21. Parent brings up events from previous years
22. Early parent
23. Student has a victim complex
24. Lights flicker or shut off because of motion sensors
25. Parent surprised by missing work
26. "Can you give them less work?"
27. Divorced parents blame each other
28. Feeling the need to drink after after the PTC
29. Each parent receives different info from student
30. Parent dislikes proficiency scale
31. Technology keeps 'deleting' assignments
32. Parent shares vague concerns about “the class environment” with no examples
33. Parent goes off about another teacher
34. Your drink is empty but you don’t have time to refill it
35. "They act the same way at home"
36. Student brings a friend or sibling who sits quietly but stares at you the entire time
37. Parent wants child away from certain people
38. Two families arrive at the same time
39. "What does developing even mean?"
40. Student tries to negotiate a mark in front of parents
41. Parent wants absentee student to get proficient
42. Parent wants district‑level policy changes
43. "How can we help them," Parent with no follow through
44. ELL parent has no one to translate for them
45. Parent upset over mark
46. Less than 2 minute long interview
47. "They don't act like this at home"
48. Forgot to plug in laptop
49. Teacher name pronunciation issues