The amazing
Cara Carroll is throwing a party and I wanted to join. You can too, by giving a shout out to a previous blog post.
Original post occurred May 4, 2012...I loved seeing everyone else's word walls.
What
to do with word walls!? A challenge mission has been issued...should
you choose to accept it. I have done many different word walls,
currently on version 5.0. The current word wall is made up of
vocabulary words and words we have used for different units of study.
Students have a personal "no excuse" word dictionary that the keep with
their writing resources. The same "no excuse" words are on big posters
as well.
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| I am noticing the missing title... |
On Monday, we introduce the
new words and put them on our target wall. We define them, draw them,
use them in a sentence, and find them in our reading. If we find it in
text we are reading, we put a tiny sticky note on the word. On Friday,
the "artists" (a class job) choose six people to illustrate each word
and then we add it to the word wall.
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| note the "favorite" illustration...they know me so well! |
What do you do with your word wall? Link up and share all about it...@The Teacher's Cauldron
And
we finished, "how to" speeches today. One of my favorites: "How to
Use an Epi Pen." I have a chickadee with severe nut allergies...now we
can all help in case of an emergency!
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| We all got to try with the practice epi pen! |
Happy Friday,
I have been rethinking my word wall...I do every summer! I used it more this last year than the year before, but I want to be more intentional. I loved this post the first time and I love it this time too! Thanks for the food for thought!
ReplyDeleteJenny