STAAR Vocabulary - 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. FREE
2. Cover the words that mean the person who read the story or passage.
   the reader
3. Cover the word that means the small parts added to a story to give more meaning. It supports the central idea.
   detail
4. FREE
5. Cover the words that mean a title, a picture or caption, map, or graphic organizer. All these items are called a __________.
   text feature
6. FREE
7. Cover the word that is a synonym for selection.
   passage
8. Cover the word that describes what you might find at the end of each line in a poem.
   rhyme
9. FREE
10. Cover the word that means a type or style of writing. (Example: fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, poetry, biography)
    genre
11. What do we use to fill in this organizer? Cover it.
    central idea & details
12. Cover the words that mean the word and meanings from a dictionary.
    dictionary entry
13. FREE
14. Cover the word that means, words in a story that help to show feeling, emotion, colors, and more. It helps make that picture in your mind.
    imagery
15. Cover the words that mean what you learn from the story; the moral.
    theme
16. Cover word that means to “figure out”. (use your background knowledge + clues in the text)
    infer
17. Cover the words that mean a poem that tells a story.
    narrative poem
18. Cover the word that means a group of letters BEFORE a word to change its meaning.
    prefix
19. Cover the word that means the person who wrote the story or passage.
    author
20. Cover the word that is a synonym for photograph.
    picture
21. Cover the word that means to tell a story.
    narrative
22. Cover the words that mean to express.
    to tell
23. Cover the words that mean because the story says.
    according to the selection
24. What kind of organizer is this? Cover it.
    cause & effect
25. Cover the word that means the opposite.
    antonym
26. Cover the word that means to decide or determine using the information in the story.
    conclude
27. Cover the word that means a true story written about a real person.
    biography
28. FREE
29. Cover the word which means a labeled picture.
    diagram
30. Cover the words that mean why the author wrote it. Hint: ADE (to answer, to describe, to explain)
    author’s purpose
31. Cover the words that mean the central idea.
    mostly about
32. FREE
33. Cover the word that means the same.
    synonym
34. Cover the word that means a group of letters AFTER a root word to change its meaning.
    suffix
35. Cover the word that means what the whole story is about. It includes the beginning, middle, and end.
    summary
36. What kind of organizer is this? Cover it.
    sequence