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Word Wall
By carlie

Word Walls are awesome! I start mine with my students names (and my last name, my aide's last name, etc.) and our 25 high frequency words. (I add to the high frequency words as the year goes on, but leave the others up.)
I do not put thematic words on my word wall. I like it to be a consistent place where they know they can find certain words.

Activities include echo reading -- I read, they read through the whole word wall.
"I spy" -- "I spy a word on the word wall with 3 letters." (Wait time while students locate a 3 letter word) "The word I see has 3 letters and starts with 't'" (They find

it -- the) You can do this with more detailed clues depending on age level and readiness. It can also be done on paper too with students writing their guesses after each new clue was revealed.

We also read through the word wall, then read through a familiar poem and see if any of our word wall words are in there.
I point to words on the word wall that my students read to make sentences they finish with their own words. Example " I.... like....to...go...to....the __________" I point to all the sight words & they read, then they finish the sentence. This helps them realize how many words they can use to make their own sentences when writing. We do "find a word on the word wall that rhymes with....."
There are tons of activities out there! Try a TCM book about Word Walls.