Word Walls

Label a bulletin board or area of your wall "Words we see all the time". Have a spot for each letter of the alphabet. I choose to use bee cut-outs with the letters printed inside. Leave plenty of room for words under each letter. The very first words you can add to your word wall are the students names. Do this on the first day of school. Have students each find their name (great assessment!) and then find where to place their name on the word wall. Throughout the year as you learn more high frequency words, add these words to the word wall. You should have quite a collection at the end of the year!