Wow, there were so much great information about word walls tonight. If I had to choose what word walls to put in my classroom right now, my whole classroom would be word walls!!! Here are two ideas that I really liked:
1. Look Who Used a Word We Know!- the teacher would put a students paper up on the bulletin board, where they used a word from the word wall.
2. Flashlight Fun game- With the lights off, the teacher would use a flashlight to focus on a word on the word wall. From there, you could make them say the meaning, spell the word, give a synonym, or antonym.
Word Walls are so helpful and there are so many ways to make them and use them. They are also helpful in any content area and any grade level.
I like how you have made games out of their learning. It would be easy to just read a word and go over it but making it exciting with the flashlight and letting them show off their paper they will truly enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThe poem/light game caught my attention last night as well! I like the idea of utilizing separate board of past words. I think that sense of accomplishment in viewing those words would help motivate the students to continue to learn more words each week.
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ReplyDeleteThe flashlight fun game is an excellent idea for an activity while doing language arts. It's a great idea because you're shining a light on a new word or words that you want the students to learn. Having the students spell the word, give the meaning is a way to enhance their knowledge in spelling and knowing what a word means.
I loved the No Excuse words. I had this in my classroom. We brainstormed together what those words would be and I made an alphabetical list and ran copies for them for their writers notebooks. They loved having their personal list of those words. They didn't want anyone catching them looking at the no excuse words!
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