Fact #1: Kids like to move!
Fact #2: Kids LOVE a good competition.
Since these two statements are true, how about I share a fun way to get kids moving and sharing in a little friendly competition?
Have you used a fly swatter in your classroom yet? If not, you should. It's an easy way to give students permission to hit things {in a good way, of course!}.
What a fabulous idea from Nicole at Flipping for Firth Grade Blog. She created this "keyboard" {modeled after a real keyboard arrangement} out of a shower curtain, sharpie, a letter stickers. Students get to practice finding each letters on the keyboard AND practice spelling words by slapping the right letters on their keyboard. Love!
A sight word is read, a sight word is slapped! That's the gist with this fun game idea from the blog, You Clever Monkey. Seems like a winning game to me. Students race to be the first person to slap the called out word. I can totally see this being used for math, too, and have students slap the correct answer to a math problem given.
Which team gets to answer the next question in your review game? Well, I don't know - let's see who can race to the board and slap it first? The winner gets to answer the next question and possibly score a point for their team.
Here's a quick DIY swatting board that you can use over and over. Make the swatting board like shown above {left} with large construction circles glued to it and then laminate it. Then, throughout the year fill in the circles with your desired skill using a vis-a-vis marker that can be easily wiped away - and POOF- make a new game!
See - now don't you want to go out an buy a class set of fly swatters for your classroom?
How have you used a fly swatter with your kiddos?
