I think it is helpful for students to see their vocabulary words up on the wall with their sight words because not only will this help them with their spelling, but also remembering all the vocabulary they have learned throughout the year. I think it would also be cool to color code these words by quarter in the year. For example, all vocabulary words learned in quart one could be on blue paper or highlighted blue, while quart two could be pink. This could show progress of the difficulty of words, and show how much we have learned in each quarter. Along with the vocabulary words we learn in class, I would also like to include each word that Fry and Dolch have put on their sight word lists. I think each of these words have been intentionally picked for sight words and deserve to be on the list. Since this will make the board have a lot of words, if the board is not digital, I will make sure that each letter on the board has a hook and a ring that all the words can be put onto. This will also make it easy for students to come and borrow from the wall to take back to their seat to help them in reading and writing.

My third idea is to include pictures with the letters and pictures. Especially with unfamiliar vocabulary words that we are in the process of learning, including the picture of what the word(s) are will help students to make a connection and remember the word with greater ease. Not every word might have a picture, but especially the main letters on the board, and the new vocabulary words will include a picture.

i plan to use word walls for each subject in my classroom to help students with vocabulary across all subjects. We talked about this idea in class and I think it would have helped me in school, so it most likely will help my future students. Having different bulletin boards for each subject and creating these word walls for the year, or even just the unit will help students to actively learn and recall information quickly. Specifically in math, including different shapes or rules on the wall will help students when we are doing whole class activities or individual practice.

Something else I want to implement for my word wall is to draw attention to the shapes of words. Looking at how the words are tall and short in areas helps to recall how to spell them and read them quicker. Helping make these shapes explicit when I am teaching about these words might help some students more than others, but it definitely will help with our writing lessons and show that some letters go above the midline, and below the bottom line when writing them.