(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.
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Meeting is interrupted by a phone call or emergency
You show up to the wrong meeting location
LEA leaves the meeting
Outside provider attends and contributes nothing
Last-minute clarification added at the end
Progress monitoring methods are questioned
Final decision revisited before closing
“We’re all on the same page” (but checking anyway)
“Let me play devil’s advocate…”
Meeting ends with action steps scramble
Parent brings copy of draft IEP with them
“In my experience…”
Conference room is too hot or too cold
Meeting cannot start on time due to late member
“We’ll just go in order” (then don’t)
A support is added or adjusted
Introductions take longer than expected
Everyone looks at each other silently
“Least restrictive environment” mentioned
Pens start moving when important decisions happen
Parent concern leads to longer discussion segment
Someone proposes a service without data to support
Meeting runs into next scheduled meeting
“According to data…” (followed by interpretation debate)
Both parents attend the meeting
You bring the wrong student file to the meeting
“We’ve seen progress, but…”
Placement discussion becomes very nuanced
“Just one more thing…” (turns into 10 things)
Multiple people talk at once
There are no more copies of the procedural safeguards
“Can you repeat that?”
“What does that look like in the classroom?”
“Let’s revisit that later”
“We just want what’s best for the student”
Service minutes discussed in detail
Side conversation starts mid-discussion
You spill coffee on your IEP copies
Someone participates virtually
Someone starts writing after decision is made
Acronym used without explanation
Clarification of accommodations requested
Meeting has more than 8 people
A silence where everyone is mentally organizing notes
Agenda is referenced but not followed exactly
Data is referenced but not shown
“Let’s put that in writing”
Parent does not attend the meeting
One section takes up half the meeting
Someone asks about implementation logistics
Goal wording gets debated for 5+ minutes
“We’ll circle back to that”
Someone says “I don’t want to derail the meeting, but…”
Someone says “to be honest…”
The general education teacher does not talk
A concern in a skill area is brought up that has never talked about before
