Bingo
Overview
Purpose
To enable students to recognise numbers in German
Learning outcome
Students communicate using numbers (German in the New Zealand Curriculum, Level 1.3).
Skill used
- Listening
Type
Group and/or class activity
Related units in Ja! kit
- Unit 3 Wie heißt du?
- Unit 4 Wie geht's?
- Unit 8 Wo wohnst du?
Instructions
For this version of bingo, numbers between 1–30 are called in German. The objective is to be first to complete a row, column, or full card of called numbers.
Materials
Have students make a bingo card (grid) each, which contains 10 squares. They then fill the squares with any numerals from 1–30, with no double-ups allowed.
Following is a randomly ordered list of the numbers 1–30 to use for the first game. Tick them off as you call them.
Random numbers for bingo:
| 26 | sechsundzwanzig | 25 | fünfundzwanzig | 8 | acht | 2 | zwei |
| 7 | sieben | 16 | sechzehn | 24 | vierundzwanzig | 12 | zwölf |
| 21 | einundzwanzig | 29 | neunundzwanzig | 17 | siebzehn | 4 | vier |
| 15 | fünfzehn | 22 | zweiundzwanzig | 1 | eins | 11 | elf |
| 20 | zwanzig | 6 | sechs | 27 | siebenundzwanzig | 3 | drei |
| 13 | dreizehn | 19 | neunzehn | 14 | vierzehn | 9 | neun |
| 10 | zehn | 23 | dreiundzwanzig | 28 | achtundzwanzig | 30 | dreißig |
| 18 | achtzehn | 5 | fünf |
Steps
- Decide and tell the class what their objective is for this particular game – to cross off a row, column, or full card of numbers.
- Call out a randomly selected number in German.
- Students search for that number on their bingo card. If they have the number, they cross it off.
- Repeat process until the winning student achieves the pre-arranged row, column, or full card.
Tips
- For the words for the numbers 1–30 in German, see pages 91, 109, and 177 in the Ja! folder.
- As the students become accustomed to the game, try calling out more numbers per minute. The faster you call out the numbers, the faster the students have to think in German.
- To prevent the need to make new bingo cards for each game, collect and laminate the cards made by the students to form a class set. Provide water-based pens or counters for students to mark/cover the numbers.
- For calling further games, make/obtain counters numbered 1–30 and randomly choose them from a jar.
Variations
- For a faster, easier version of bingo, ask students to write down four or five numerals or German words from a larger selection. They then cross out each word or number as it is called. The winner is the first to run out of numerals/words.
Further learning
- Students take turns calling the numbers in German for the rest of the class or within groups.
- Extend the game to include simple maths by making the numbers on the bingo cards the answers to equations you call out. For example
Fünf minus zwei is _____. (5 - 2 = __)
Language to use
Following are some examples of language to use in this activity, based on Ja! page 17 'German in the classroom'.
- Jetzt spielen wir Bingo!
We are going to play bingo! - Wir spielen von eins bis dreißig.
We are playing from 1 to 30. - Schreibt mal bitte 10 Zahlen auf.
Write down 10 numbers. - Achtung! Fertig! Los!
Ready! Lets play! - plus
plus - minus (pronounced mee-nuss)
minus (the '-us' in the German 'plus' and 'minus' have the same vowel sound as the English word 'puss') - mal (pronounced marl)
times/multiplied by - durch (pronounced doorch)
divided by - Noch einmal, bitte!
Please repeat! - Langsamer, bitte!
Slow down, please! - die Spalte
column - die Zeile
row