The best word wall I ever used was a 'chunk' wall featuring the chunks Taberski used in her classroom (described in On Solid Ground). As we studied each chunk, the students voted on their favorite word to be the 'anchor' for the chunk. Then we added the anchor word (large font, bold with the chunk in red and the rest of the word in black) to each chunk. I remember Japanese was the anchor word for the 'ap' chunk. When kids were trying to arrive at a spelling, my para and I would say, "Is there a word on the chunk wall that could help you with this spelling?" or "I think there is a word on the chunk wall that can help you with that chunk." Fewer words, more bang for the buck.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:08:38 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] Word walls > > Does anyone have suggestions on how you use your word walls in your > classroom? We are required to have one but I don't feel that I use mine to > it's fullest potential. Do you use vocabulary from your literature books or > spelling demons, etc. Vocabulary is a weakness in my room and I need to > really focus on it this year! Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
