Word+Wall

 A word wall is a systematically organized collection of words displayed in large letters on a wall or other large display place in the classroom. It is a tool to use, not just display. Word walls are designed to promote group learning and be shared by a classroom of children. //reference:// []  Below is a link to the Ministry of Education detailing what a word wall is and how it can be used. [|Ontario Ministry of Education Resource] [|Word Wall Gallery]
 * Definition**
 * Goals**
 * Support the teaching of important general principles about words and how they work
 * Foster reading and writing
 * Provide reference support for children during their reading and writing
 * Promote independence on the part of young students as they work with words in writing and reading
 * Provide a visual map to help children remember connections between words and the characteristics that will help them form categories
 * Develop a growing core of words that become part of a reading and writing vocabulary
 * Guidelines**
 * Add words gradually, five a week
 * Make words very accessible by putting them where every student can see them, writing them in big, black letters, and using a variety of background colors so that the most often-confused words(there, their; what, when) are different colors
 * Be selective about what words go on the wall, limiting additions to those really common words which children use a lot in writing
 * Practice those words by chanting and writing them
 * Do a variety of review activities to provide enough practice so that words are read and spelled instantly and automatically
 * Make sure that Word Wall words are spelled correctly in any writing students do

[|Word Wall Activities] [|Word Walls In Middle School] [|Interactive Word Walls]