Flyswatters...SPLAT!

SPLAT!  SPLAT!  SPLAT!

It's that time of year again.  The flies will be making their way to your neighborhood to bug the heck out of you very soon.  If you are in need of a new flyswatter, check these out.  I found them at Walmart and picked up a couple for a sight word recognition game my students like to play. 

Here's how I use them in my classroom.  I have sight words posted on a pocket chart.  I divide the class into two teams.  One student from each team stands in front of the pocket chart with a flyswatter.  I call out a sight word.  The first student to swat the word earns a point for his/her team.  I have a small class, so kids gets several turns in a short time. There are lots of variations of this game.  If you use flyswatters in your room, I would love to hear how you use them.

BOO! Sight Word Game

Hi Friends!

I found two really cute Halloween tins at Walmart ($1.47 each) and knew that I could come up

with a way to use them in my classroom.  So, here's what I came up with.

I made a spin-off of the game "POP."  My version has sight words written on

ghosts and pumpkins.  I made about 15 - 20 sight words for each tin.
 Each tin also includes at least 2  BOO! cards.
Here's how you play:
 Students take turns reaching inside the tin and pulling

  out a sight word card.  They must read the word correctly in order to keep it.  Otherwise,
it goes back in the tin.   If someone pulls out the card that says, "BOO!" then
that student must put all of his cards back in the tin and start over.
When time is up, the player with the most cards wins.