Word Walls

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Word Walls

• Bringing Words To Life

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Outcomes

• Summarize the purposes of words walls
• Select a word wall type and design that is
  appropriate for your classroom

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Group Chat

• The scientific research on vocabulary
  instruction reveals that (1) most vocabulary is
  learned indirectly, and (2) some vocabulary must
  be taught directly. The following conclusions
  about indirect vocabulary learning and direct
  vocabulary instruction are of particular interest
  and value to classroom teachers
• Children learn the meanings of most words
  indirectly, through everyday experiences with
  oral and written language.
• Although a great deal of vocabulary is learned
  indirectly, some vocabulary should be taught
  directly.
• National Reading Panel

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How Can Word Walls Benefit Students?

• Helps create a word-rich environment
• Facilitates word analysis
• Connects reading and writing
• Supports student reading and vocabulary
  development
• Allows for connections between words
• Provides an anchor for commonly misspelled
  words, high frequency words, and content based
  words

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You have to do the word wall.

• Patricia Cunningham

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High Frequency Word Walls
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Vocabulary Word Walls
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Content Word Walls
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Content Word Walls
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Content Word Walls
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Word Study Word Walls
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Spelling Pattern Word Walls
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Planning Your Classroom Word Wall

• Make them memorable
• Make them useful
• Make them practical
• Make them hands-on
• Make them space efficient (but visible)
• Make them appropriate for your students
• Making Word Walls Work in the Classroom
  (Wagstaff, 1999)

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Next Meeting

• Create interactive, student centered task to
  compliment the word wall you have designed today

You have to do the word wall. Patricia
Cunningham
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Resources

• http//forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratwordwalls.htm
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• http//www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/reading/WordWall.ht
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• Green, J., (2003). The word wall Teaching
  vocabulary through immersion. Toronto, ON
  Pippin.