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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 learners 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.
https://www.troup.org/userfiles/929/My%20Files/Instructional%20Strategies/SWATDirections.pdf
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I wanted to pop in quickly and share another vocabulary

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

definition, a synonym, an antonym, 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 practice! You can use this same method to

practice almost anything!