As teachers, we are constantly referring to various terms in our content areas that we want/NEED students to know. To cement understanding, I designed a word wall to display academic terminology in my middle school classroom. It is a great way to reinforce the concepts we discuss in a
lesson.
While I tend to use my ELA word wall as a visual display for my students, here are a few of the additional ways that I have found this learning tool to be really beneficial for my middle school learners...