After we learn vocabulary words and add them into a vocabulary folder the students create their own word wall tiles. I really like the neat word wall posters that can be found all over pinterest or Teachers Pay Teachers, but there is just something about putting up student work all over my classroom that I enjoy even more than cute posters!
Usually at the end of a unit, or maybe halfway through if it's a long unit, we create these word wall tiles for our vocabulary words.
There are three rules to them:
1. The poster has the vocabulary word.
2. The poster has a definition for the word (kid friendly, we take them from our KIM charts).
3. The poster must have a picture of graphic clue for the word.
There are three rules to them:
1. The poster has the vocabulary word.
2. The poster has a definition for the word (kid friendly, we take them from our KIM charts).
3. The poster must have a picture of graphic clue for the word.
Tim changes his up a bit. His students place the word and picture on the front and the definition and sentence example on the back.
Here is what it looks like in our classroom! It is such a great way to share student work and use a best practice strategy (word walls)! Students really enjoy seeing which tiles make our word wall!