Word Walls
Overview
Doing activities with the wall, such as gesturing, encourages participation, helping students remember the words even better.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Use It in the Classroom
Watch how a teacher uses a word wall in a game format to promote recall of Vocabulary through Sight Recognition.
Design It into Your Product
See how collaborative digital word walls support learning. Using Padlet, a fee-based application, students and teachers can co-create word walls, supporting Short- and Long-term Memory, Vocabulary, and Sight Recognition.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More External Memory Aids Strategies
Easy access to common words promotes sight word recognition as students see the words repeatedly.
Rhyming, alliteration, and other sound devices reinforce language development by activating the mental processes that promote memory.
Creating patterns for remembering classroom processes, narrative structures, etc. supports memory development.
Providing instructions in multiple formats allows students to activate different cognitive skills to understand and remember the steps they are to take.
Cards with strategies for managing emotions help students remember how to act when faced with strong feelings.
Providing a story map ahead of time or having students create a map during or after reading helps learners understand and practice Narrative Skills.
