Flyswatter Spelling

• Foreign Language
• Language Arts

• Exercise/Movement

• K-2
• 3-5

Brief Description

Objectives

• use a flyswatter to hit the letters in a spelling word as they spell it.

Keywords

Materials Needed

• shower curtain line or another sheet of colorful plastic
• bold marker
• flyswatter

Lesson Plan

Before playing the game, you will need to create a game board. You can do this with a shower curtain liner or any other large sheet of plastic. You might prefer to use a brightly colored sheet of plastic. Use a magic marker to print large and boldly the letters of the alphabet from A to Z. If your students are in the primary grades, write the letters in ABC order. If your students are older, mix up the letters of the alphabet. You might write some of the most commonly used letters two times.

Hang the plastic sheet covered with letters. Then select a student to come to the front of the group. Hand the student a flyswatter and call our one of the weeks spelling words. The student swats each letter in the word as he or she spells it out.

Continue until all students have had a chance to swat a spelling word.

Assessment

Students will pass their weekly spelling test with a score of 80 percent or higher.

Education World

Submitted By

Gary Hopkins

LANGUAGE ARTS: English

• GRADES K - 12
Applying Language Skills

• GRADES K - 12
Communication

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