Drama worksheet · Drama games and improv
Theater Bingo
Two different bingo cards of theater words on one page. Cover the word the caller reads. Four in a row wins.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Focus and listening, Thinking on your feet, Building on a partner’s ideas, Theater vocabulary
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Cut on the dashed line so two players get different cards. The caller reads words from the caller’s list in any mixed-up order. Cover each word you hear. Four in a row, across, down or corner to corner, wins!
Words on this sheet
bingobowticketcuestagemimecostumepropscurtainwingsclapactorcastscenesetlinesscriptmaskCaller’s list
Teacher tip
Cut the page on the dashed line so partners get different cards. Read the caller’s list in mixed-up order and act out each word as you call it.
How to use it
- Use the cards again and again all year.
- Go over the rules of one game, play a short round, then start again for real.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
The same few kids taking every turn. Give each child a card.
Talk about it
- How did you listen to your partner?
- What would you try differently next time?
Take it further
Have kids make new cards for the improv games.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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