![]() Some are designed to help student recognize individual words on sight, other games help students use the words they know to spell other words. There are zillions of other games you can play with the word wall. This game gets student reading the whole word wall to figure out which one is missing. They can ask questions to get clues such as, “Does it begin with _?” or “Is it a verb?” Sometimes they guess right away, other times it takes a little longer. Remove a word (or two or three) from the word wall, and students take turns guessing which word is missing. This game gets students rereading the words on the word wall in an engaging way. I like to use it as a quick transition for lining up to leave the room - as each group takes a few turns reading words, they line up. Turn out the lights, and point a flashlight or laser pointer at your word wall and kids spell and read the word (or cheer for the word if you’ve taught them how to do that). You can read them in order from A-Z, or backward from Z-A, or skip around and try to “trick” the kids. This is a simple game, but super engaging. Once the game is familiar, you can also invite students to give clues to a word. ![]() You might say, “I’m thinking of a word with three letters,” or “I’m thinking of a word with two vowels,” or “I’m thinking of a word that begins with a digraph.” These clues get students reading the whole word wall searching for the one word that fits the clues. To play this game, the teacher gives clues, and the students guess which word. These games get students reading the words and familiarizing themselves with where each word is located. One engaging way to help students become familiar with the word wall in your own classroom is to play quick word wall games daily. If the word wall isn’t used often, or is too far away to be seen easily, then students are back to searching for the word they need instead of scanning quickly. The key to success with a word wall is that students can quickly find the words when they need them. ![]() Glancing at the word word wall is a great way for students to remember a familiar word and continue on with their work, reserving their energy for bigger and more important things. ![]() With the word wall, there’s no need to interrupt their work to search through a dictionary or booklet. As they are writing, they can simply glance up, find the word, and continue to write. A well-planned word wall allows students to quickly access familiar high frequency words from word study instruction. ![]()
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