One problem that I found with my word wall and everyone else's too, is that it is sometimes hard for students to really see. This limits the use of this great resource. This year I decided to create a Mini Word Wall that goes with my classroom word wall. Initially, I thought that with students having these on their desk we could just review the words, which would allow students to use the classroom word wall more effectively. After the first days of school, and as we began our writing, I was amazed. My students immediately started using these Mini Word Walls. They were questioning where to find a word and definitely felt more confident about their writing. Once I gave them the idea of highlighting the words that they wanted to remember, that opened up a whole new world. Students began communicating with others as to the word they highlighted or how someone could find a word that they needed.
Shortly after finding how effective these Mini Word Walls were I decided that I needed some practice activities to help students become more familiar with all of the words that are listed, rather than just the word they happen to need at that moment. I created this set. It has four different practice activities. I like putting them in sheet protectors and allowing students to reuse the sheets over and over again using whiteboard markers.
I still have a classroom word wall, I'm not giving that up, but it is fun to see how students are using this Mini Word Wall resource. I actually think that because of the Mini Word Walls students are using the classroom word wall more effectively as well.
I do have the Mini Word Wall and Practice Activities available at my teacher's store if you want to check it out. I also have the classroom word wall that goes with it.
Mini Word Wall and Practice Activities
Superhero Theme Word Wall
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