“Handy” FlySwatter
You can buy afancy fly swatter or just get an inexpensive one and cut it to look like ahand.
Adapt it todifferent skills by sealing an envelope and cutting it in half. Slip the open end onto the flyswatter. Write a letter or word onthe paper and then challenge a child to find the same letter or word in theclassroom. You could also use itfor matching colors and shapes.
Write sentences onthe board and leave off the punctuation at the end. Take 3 envelope halves and draw a large period, questionmark, and exclamation point on them. Let children practice reading sentences as you use the fly swatter toput different punctuation marks at the end.
Write “s,” “ed,”“ing” and other inflicted endings on envelopes. Write root words on the board and then change the endings with the fly swatter.
