Kindergarten Word Wall

This morning I made my word wall for my Kindergarten classroom.  I included just 4 words:  I, a, the, and.  I put the word wall down underneath my white board at the front of the class.  I showed the words to the kids and we discussed them.   We talked about how easy those ones were to spell and how often we used them when we were writing.  I also told the kids that these were our "no excuse words".  Because they were such easy ones, and they were up on the wall for us to see, then there was no excuse for us spelling them wrong.  So, our goal from now on is that when we use those words, we will spell them in conventional writing.

I also made my portable word walls.  I used a file folder and glued in the list of our four words.  As the students learn more words, I plan on making other folders in different colours.  The students that are ready for more words will be able to choose the portable word wall in the colour that I have assigned to them.  We are going to try them out tomorrow when we do our journals!

 

I made one extra copy of the words and posted them on my door.  As the kids come in and out of the room, I'm going to get them to read the words.