word wall

A lot of people have a lot to say about word walls: height, size, letter font and color, etc. (Clarification -- when I say word wall, I mean the enormous part of my classroom devoted to the display of alphabetized target high frequency words.)

When I first started I did not see what the fuss was about. I hung my alphabet traditionally, above the white board and added words above each letter.

However, I recently read that you can tell what a teacher prioritizes from the way their classroom is arranged. With a pretty strong foundational in the alphabet at this point, I'm beginning to rethink all of my priorities. We need to read!

I stayed late last night, erased my objectives and schedule off the whiteboard, and here we are.