(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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Choice of a short break or “getting out early”
Someone asks a question already asked
Turn and talk … but you have to move to talk to someone
Microphone doesn’t work
Someone’s phone isn’t on silent when they get a text or call.
“When I was a teacher…”
Technical difficulties
Dr P doesn’t use microphone until she’s asked to by multiple people
Turn and talk … to someone in a different department
There’s a noticeable error in the slides
Applauding for people who have taught for x number of years
A question is asked that pretends to be general but is really about a specific issue or person
Encouragement to use AI to create lessons or make rubrics
“Rigor” or “grit”
“Kids aren’t the same since COVID”
Two or more people are obviously texting commentary of the presentation
Which “something” are you today
Reminder that something has to go in the gradebook every x days
Someone asks a question they know the answer to just to make sure the question is asked.
Sort into groups by characteristic like birthday or years of teaching
Small groups with poster paper and markers
Generalization about parents or students (e.g. parents look at the gradebook every day)
