Word Wall

Teaching first grade for the 1st time, I have been asking for advice from first grade teachers – and the key word I got was “Word Wall”:  build it, use it, teach from it.  So, I have been hard at work creating stuff for a beautiful word wall (since I can’t get into my room to build it yet).  I have made Word Wall Labels with graphics that coordinate with my Alphabet Cards.  I have made sight word cards.  I have made color word cards with beautiful color (FREE on TPT).  I have made number word cards with the numeral on them (FREE on TPT).  Now I am finishing up word cards for each word in each word family I will be using, with a graphic that helps my EFL students learn the meanings of the words.  I have even created a template that I am going to use on the first day of school to add student names to the word wall (with pictures of students taken on my webcam).  I am a little word wall crazy!!  I just hope that I will have a big enough wall to create this word wall.  How do you get creative with your word wall?

Calling for Backup

I am so addicted to the Word Family files I am creating right now, but I wish the ideas would slow down.  I come up with ideas faster than I can create them, so I have called for backup – mainly my husband.  I happen to have an amazing, computer savy husband.  ( He does some designing for TPT as well, mainly language specialty stuff in French and Spanish.  I think he has some Arabic planned to come out soon.)  He has been able to take my idea and the documents I have already created for Word Family File Folder Games and create Word Family Word Wall Cards.  We have coordinated to have them in coordination with the Alphabet Cards and Sight Word Cards that I have already posted.  Between the two of us, we hope to have these pieces up before the end of the month, as individual files and then as a combination (for a discount of course).  Once we are done with these two pieces, I have power points, student books, center activities and bulletin board posters to work on!  I might be working on Word Family activities until Christmas.  (I have to be done by January, because that is when I am due to start teaching Word Families!)  In the mean time, I will add a little up each day until we get it done, so stop by and take a look.  The ACK family will be FREE for each and every Word Family product.

Also, don’t forget that tomorrow starts the Back To School Sale.  TPT is offering 10% off with the coupon code B1T1S  and then an additional 20% off on TONS of stores from the 1st – 4th, including Raki’s Rad Resources of course!!  Come by and get your 30% off!