Friday, July 20, 2012

Swat It Games Giveaway

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So my Dollar Tree shopping spree landed me with these Jumbo fly swatters.

My first thought was that these were some overkill fly swatters for a tiny fly.
But I'm not using them to kill flies.

I'm using them for my Swat It team games.

More games to come too! I'm working on one for place value as well as Sight Word sets. So go grab your Jumbo Swatters!

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Display the concept cards on your board, split into teams, and call off questions.
Teams have a swatting good time to hit the answers first!

I'm having a giveaway for these games

1 winner will win all 8 games I've made so far
7 winners will get to choose 1 game of their choice


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40 comments:

  1. boliverJuly 20, 2012 at 3:56 PM

    Our favorite family game is cards. We make up games and play them. My grandchildren love these type types of games. It makes them think of the rules and different ways to play others games that we have played.

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  2. Suzy QJuly 20, 2012 at 3:58 PM

    I like to play I Have, Who Has with my class. Totally shows the good listeners! (I always love it when the child next to someone says, "That's YOUR card!")

    tokyoshoes (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  3. LizJuly 20, 2012 at 4:20 PM

    I adore playing Scattergories with my family and with my students, I love playing I have, Who has?
    Liz
    Come check out my new blog Teaching in Valley

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  4. DebbieJuly 20, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    My Family loves the Uno game. I love this game so much I would play it with my tutoring students. I am trying to figure out how to incorporate this game into my classroom.
    Debbie
    Mrs. M's Superstars

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  5. Christina MarieJuly 20, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    I enjoy playing Scoot with my class. They have fun at don't even realize they are review skills!

    Christina Marie
    prec0ci0us~at~bellsouth.net

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  6. RealOCteachersJuly 20, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    Ooh! I just bought fly swatters and your swat games would be the perfect match! I use fly swatters when teaching sight words.

    The REAL Teachers of Orange County

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  7. Andrea CrawfordJuly 20, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    I have actually played some fly swatter games. I have some that look like hands that are super fun to play with. I have only used it with letters and sight words.

    Andrea
    Reading Toward the Stars
    readerstars@gmail.com

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  8. Christa SwaneyJuly 20, 2012 at 11:27 PM

    I just bought the giant fly swatters last week for the same exact purpose. I use to do this game several years ago when I had fly swatters in the shapes of spiders for Halloween!! I am your newest follower! Thanks for checking out my blog!!

    Christa
    sweetlifeofsecondgrade

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  9. StellalunaJuly 21, 2012 at 4:04 AM

    I love to use the fly swatters. We swat sight words. I would love to try your swat games.
    Stellauna114@gmail.com

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  10. debbieJuly 21, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    I love many kinds of active games with my students. We have also enjoyed "Slides and Ladders", "Go Fish" and many kinds of educationally directed Bingos. Games are a great way to practice learning concepts.

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  11. meadowtJuly 21, 2012 at 5:44 AM

    My kids have always love Swat games.
    Barbara
    happyteachingfirst.blogspot.com
    meadowt@msn.com

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  12. Diving Into LearningJuly 21, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    My class loves to play Candyland and Bingo.

    ~Jenna

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  13. AnonymousJuly 21, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    My class loves to play games...it doesn't matter which one. This would be a great addition to our collection.

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  14. KimJuly 21, 2012 at 8:34 AM

    Hi Denise:
    I can't believe I wasn't "officially" following you. You've been on my blog roll since "the beginning"!

    Now I've got to check into "Swat It" games...

    Kim
    Finding JOY in 6th Grade

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  15. Lisa R.July 21, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    I use fly swatters with sight words during centers. I would love to use this to practice contractions, as well. :)
    Lisa
    Learning Is Something to Treasure

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  16. JudyJuly 21, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    Thank you for following my blog! You're my 100 follower! What a great giveaway!!

    Judy

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  17. Nikki LutzkeJuly 21, 2012 at 11:54 AM

    Love Farkle...but I'm hoping to win the Swat Games! Gotta head out to Dollar Tree...maybe this could be a good omen!

    Nikki
    uncommontothecore.blogspot.com

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  18. Elizabeth PolstonJuly 21, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    I have littles at home and we love The Ladybug Game.

    Elizabeth
    epolston at rowland dot k12 dot ca dot us
    Mrs. Polston's Kinergarten

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  19. aclarkJuly 21, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    I love to play any kind of card game with my friend's family!

    Ashley
    arclark2012@gmail.com

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  20. Fourth Grade FlipperJuly 21, 2012 at 10:08 PM

    Thank you for stopping by my newbie blog! Wow...you have a ton of posts on here that I could spend all night reading! Amazing!!
    ~Holly
    Fourth Grade Flipper

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  21. CindyJuly 21, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    I am glad I found this! It reminded me of some of the cool word activities my mentor teacher had - swatting was one of them. Kids get so into speed/competitive things like this... it would be really neat to adapt to math and math facts!

    Thanks for the follow!

    Cindy
    Teach With All the Colors of the Wind

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  22. UnknownJuly 21, 2012 at 10:41 PM

    Love flyswatter games! I just found a purple frog and a zebra striped one at Walmart!
    Lory

    Fun for First
    The Robin’s Nest

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  23. Amy McJuly 21, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    My favorite with my family is Scrabble (or now Words With Friends) with my kinder kiddos I like Scrabble Jr and Guess Who

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  24. The Hip TeacherJuly 22, 2012 at 4:11 AM

    Fun giveaway! Thanks for stopping by my blog-I love finding other third grade teachers!

    ~Julie
    www.thehipteacher.blogspot.com

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  25. Lori RJuly 22, 2012 at 6:19 AM

    I like to play Skipbo.
    lraines78@gmail.com

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  26. YvonneeJuly 22, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Thanks for the opportunity. My favorite games were uno and candyland. Thanks for the opportunity.
    yvonneeyrg@gmail.com

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  27. AnonymousJuly 22, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    My class likes to play Swat games too, but I don't have any fancy versions made up...we've mostly used it for basic math facts. We also like to play I Have, Who Has games. We play review games with a buzzer and bells divided into teams to answer questions about content just learned.
    I teach 3rd too and found you through a response on newbie blog hop.
    Diane
    schoolhousetreasures

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  28. Cait JJuly 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog & commenting :)
    Fun giveaway!!

    Cait
    Sliding into First!

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  29. UnknownJuly 22, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    Love your swat game! I found you through a newbie blog hop - although you are a veteran!
    Your newest follower,
    Pamela
    First Class Teacher

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  30. UnknownJuly 22, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    Our favorite family game to play is dominoes Mexican Train!
    Pamela
    First Class Teacher

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  31. PROUD IN PRIMARY!!!July 22, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    I am a new follower!!! I love your blog!!!! Call me old fashioned, but my family loves monopoly!!! As for my K-2 reading classes, they love anything that allows them to move...scoot games, swat games, they love GUESS THE GENRE...two teams and show pictures of book...tell genre and why(play by points).
    ellen.yucht@imagineschools.com

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  32. MarciaJuly 22, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    These are so cute.

    I'm a new follower and just love your blog.

    My daughter, husband and I love to play Headbanz. What a funny game to play.

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  33. BriawnaJuly 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM

    I LOVE Scrabble!!!!

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  34. KellyJuly 23, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    My class loves playing Jeopardy!

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  35. Sara Kovach / Dare to be Different - Teach!July 23, 2012 at 2:39 PM

    Been wanting to put together some swat games. These would be awesome!!

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  36. MelindaJuly 23, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    One of my favorite family games is Train.

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  37. CindyJuly 24, 2012 at 7:29 AM

    Family favorites are Sorry! and Monopoly! :o)

    Cindy
    ccfirstteacher@gmail.com

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  38. DFrideleyJuly 24, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    I just learned about "Swat it" games this year. My students enjoyed it. I only did it 2x with our spelling words. I think it would be a great Exit Activity using your packets for the objective we learned that day:)

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  39. MeaganJuly 24, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    I love "swat it" games. Now I'm a big Monopoly fan...funny how no one else in my family is. :) But I'm also huge on spades, rummy, poker, and other card games. Hope to use the multiplication "swat it" with my fourth graders this year. Anything to make them WANT to know their math facts. :)

    Meagan R.

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  40. Super Teacher TacticsJuly 24, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    My little family enjoys playing Guesstures and Jenga. Love your blog! Thanks for visiting mine! :D
    ~Dawn
    SuperTeacherTactics

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