walls that teach
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Walls that Teach
Myrian Casamassima & Florencia Insua
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Abbey Road Wall
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Visible Organized
Interactive Dynamic
Features of Walls
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Walls ...
Provide exposure to a print richenvironment.
Make words available in the classroom.
Support students´ independent readingand writing.
Help to create a sense of community.
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Walls ...
Build vocabulary over time.
Improve spelling.
Help to internalize key concepts.
Increase memory retention.
Support exam preparation.
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Word Walls
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Anchor Walls
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Mural
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Word Walls To enlarge students’
vocabulary
To help students recognizeand spell high frequencywords
To remember the
connection between words
To provide reference forstudents during reading andwriting activities
Anchor walls To help students remember
procedures.
To help students “hold”their thinking
Murals To create a spot for
creativity and expression.
To inspire students toperceive themselves asclass contributors
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• Make words accessible by
putting them whereeverybody can see them.
• Include words students
usually use in their writing.
• Add words gradually (5words per week)
• Use word walls daily througha variety of activities
WordWalls
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Anchorwalls
•Make the wall with the studentsas a part of a process of
awareness after language focusactivities
•Make reference to the wall
whenever a strategy orprocedure is being worked on inclass.
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• Make the wall usingdifferent textures, shapes,colours, pictures.
• Change the format to keepit original (make studentsthink of a creative format)
• Use background music.
• Keep thestudents’production short.
Mural
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“I spy”
Word wall bingo
Word wall chain
Word search
Erasing relay
Making words
Mind reader
Flash light fun
Rhyme
Jeopardy
Missing word
Word pictures
Word relationship
Drama
Word Ad
Musical Word
Names for musicalgroups
Word of the Day
Five words in a story
Concept ladder
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Word Walls
• Warm up
activities• End of
lesson
• Earlyfinishers
• When youhave 5 or10 min left.
AnchorWalls
• As part of
languageawarenessactivities
Murals
• As part of
projectwork
• As part of group workactivities
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The Story of a Wall (continued)
Soon it became catchyThe excitement was magic
Other walls began to crop up
That claimed fo their rightFull of passion
Full of life
No more boredomNo more yearning
Only room
For lots of learning
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