These are the generic directions for making a BINGO Board using a spreadsheet. We used these BINGO boards to review Virginia History. The students each created their own card by filling in the cells with the answers for the review.

BINGO Board Directions

1. Open ClarisWorks and select Word Processing.
   
   
2. Show Tools.
   
   
3. Make a spreadsheet with 6 rows and 5 columns.
   
   
4. Highlight all the cells and under Format, make a Row Height of 80 and a Column Width of 80.
   
   
5. Highlight cells A1-E1. Under Format, make the text size 36; align Center and make the Style Bold. Use a font and text color of your choice.
   
   
6. Highlight the rest of the cells and align Center and Wrap. Make the Style Bold and the text size 12.
   
   
7. Click in cell C4. Make the Style Bold, align Center and make this text size 18. Type in Free Space.
   
   
8. Click in any cell. Click on Options and drag to Display.
   
   

    

9. Uncheck Row headings and Column headings. Check Solid Lines. Back to the Tech Lab