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Activity Type: Reintroduce
Activity Form: Standard
Grade: 1, 2, 3
Group Size: Small Group
Length: 10 minutes
Materials: Fly swatter with a small hole cut out in the middle., Index cards with word wall words on it.,
Goal: Given a vocabulary word orally, the student will locate the word in the room.
Items: Word wall words for the week.

What to do

  1. Introduce/Review word wall words using the index cards.
  2. Group students in pairs.
  3. Give each pair of students a fly swatter.
  4. Explain to the students that they are going on a word hunt.
  5. Each pair of students will locate a given word wall word in the room. The students should take turns placing the hole of the fly swatter over the word and reading the word.
  6. Allow 5 minutes for students to find the word in several places in the room.
  7. After 5 minutes, the students report where they found their given word.


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