Re: word walls - response to Marie's posting

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Just an insight:
There may be no continuity among classes in your building for
this reason. In our district, word walls are for the words
each class needs to learn. High frequency and some
phonetically regular words are used during the week and put
on the Word Wall as anchors for specific phonetic sounds or
(HF) words that must be spelled correctly at all times.
Last year I had a VERY low group. Therefore my Word Wall had
many basic words on it (determined by assessing the whole
class on a master list). My colleague had a very high
group. She immediately skipped to a higher list and had
different phonics lessons.

You may be able to do the same on a smaller scale. Can you
focus your Word Wall on words ALL (well, most) should have
mastered? Could they be your anchor, and each child keep a
separate list individualized to their own needs?

Just an idea.  

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