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Materials needed:

1. A list of vocabulary words and definitions
2. A board to either put word cards on or just write them on
3. Two or three fly swatters

Directions: The kinesthetic learner s in the classroom will love this activity. It encourages
students to pay close attention to the words and the definitions because they may be read over
again during the game.
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I wanted to pop in quickly and share another ocabulary
idea with you. This one is a hit with my kiddos! I call it

Swat That Vocab Word. I post our vocabulary words in a

pocket chart on our front board. I pick sticks and choose

two students at a time to come up front to participate.

Each student holds a (clean) flyswatter. I either say a

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definition, a ynonym, an anto nym, or I give a sentence
clue. I give the students a few seconds, then I say "swat!"

and the student who swats first has to use the word

correctly in a sentence that relates to the story we are

reading. The students go crazy over this simple

vocabulary pr actice! You can use this same method to

practice almost anything!