Can youuse yourbackgroundknowledge?Ask yourself,“does thismakesense?”Do you seea word partyou alreadyknow?Is thereaprefix?Split theword intosyllables andchunk it.Is it acompoundword?Cover part ofthe word andsolve onepiece at atime.Can youstretch theword outslowly?Free!Is thereasuffix?Try toreread thesentence.Free!Usecontextclues.Usevisualclues.Makeconnectionsto otherwords you'veheard.Try to makethe othersound madeby theletters.Can youuse yourbackgroundknowledge?Ask yourself,“does thismakesense?”Do you seea word partyou alreadyknow?Is thereaprefix?Split theword intosyllables andchunk it.Is it acompoundword?Cover part ofthe word andsolve onepiece at atime.Can youstretch theword outslowly?Free!Is thereasuffix?Try toreread thesentence.Free!Usecontextclues.Usevisualclues.Makeconnectionsto otherwords you'veheard.Try to makethe othersound madeby theletters.

Word Attack Strategies - 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.


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  1. Can you use your background knowledge?
  2. Ask yourself, “does this make sense?”
  3. Do you see a word part you already know?
  4. Is there a prefix?
  5. Split the word into syllables and chunk it.
  6. Is it a compound word?
  7. Cover part of the word and solve one piece at a time.
  8. Can you stretch the word out slowly?
  9. Free!
  10. Is there a suffix?
  11. Try to reread the sentence.
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  13. Use context clues.
  14. Use visual clues.
  15. Make connections to other words you've heard.
  16. Try to make the other sound made by the letters.