Re: word walls

Posted by sak on 2/10/05

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On 2/09/05, me,again wrote:
> On 11/21/04, Sharon wrote:
>> Help! I am confused with all the info from 4
>> blocks/building blocks on word walls for kindergarteners.
>> Any suggestions on a word wall for this level? I
>> currently use mine for alphabet pictures associated with
>> beginning letter sounds.
>
> Sharon,
> my understanding is that kinders version of word wall is
> their names and environmental print ( I have real m&ms bag,
> cereal box top, etc tacked to my alphabet letters) with a
few
> words as they become aware of them-mom, love, cat are early
> ones.
> Others can speak to this better than I can.

This is only my opinion-- If you follow Building Blocks
completly it would be just as Sharon wrote. However, if you
are using a basal-like Houghton Mifflin for me- they have high
frequency words so I put them on the word wall and take down
the BBlock environmental print and what other words I had up
there as most of them can easily recognize them. It is kind
of a celebration as we retire those words. Starting around 2nd
semester I use the word wall more like 4 Blocks. I guess to
sum it up--make it work for you.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• word walls, 11/21/04, by Sharon.
• Re: word walls, 11/22/04, by Kori.
• Re: word walls, 11/22/04, by Lisa IL.
• Re: word walls, 2/09/05, by me,again.
• Re: word walls, 2/10/05, by sak.