English Language Arts Word Walls

NEED TO TEACH VOCABULARY IN YOUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

You came to the right place! I have been teaching for 5+ years, I have my Master's in Education with a focus on Literacy and I didn't know where to start.

So, I went back to everything I learned in my graduate program and re-read everything I could find.

I wrote & designed a student-engaging template to help students in my classroom to deeply internalize a word. I gathered key word lists when I didn't have a word from our daily reading, and thought about how to teach vocabulary so my love of etymology and words could be shared with my 10th graders. I've included all that and a guide to help other teachers get started with implementing and teaching vocabulary in THEIR classrooms.

Is this book for me?

• You want to teach vocabulary explicitly
• You want flexibility to choose your words daily based on what you’re reading
• You need versatility to choose your own words from a given list
• You want your students to deeply internalize the vocabulary they learn
• You’re not sure where to start

Then this book is for you!

Adaptable to every classroom in every situation, this is more than a fill-in-the-blank activity. Your students will have a guide to build a vocabulary for a lifetime of learning.

WHY TEACH VOCABULARY EXPLICITLY?

Generating curiosity and delight in playing with words supports long-term memory, enhances the connection between orthography and meaning, and develops a disposition which stimulates word consciousness. It also builds vocabulary! All of these are a part of a vocabulary rich classroom environment.

Practice reading AT words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• AT Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the AT word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

For other AT Family Activities, check out the products below!

AT Family Emergent Readers

AT Family Sentence Matching

AT Family Sentence and Word Matching Mats

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Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

These preschool activities for Halloween include math and ELA activities for preschoolers. Activities include counting, fine motor activities, letter recognition, tracing and much more! These preschool worksheets are mostly no-prep, print and go activities.

Activities Included In this Packet

• Letter and Number Mazes
• Emergent Reader
• Roll and Cover Page
• Build It Up! Page
• Cut and Paste Counting Page
• Color the 5 Frame
• Color the 10 Frame
• Picture Addition
• Graphing Page
• Missing Number and Letter Pages
• Greater Than and Less Than
• Letter Matching Cut and Paste
• Put Numbers 1-10 in Order
• Capital and Lowercase Letter Sorting
• Line, Shape, Letter and Number Tracing
• Syllable Sorting
• Counting Coloring Pages
• Roll and Color Dice Center Game
• Cut and Paste Counting Page

When to Use:

• Independent practice
• Morning Work
• Homework
• Emergency Sub Plans

All of the worksheets in this packet are no-prep. The teacher just needs to print out the pages and give them to students to complete.

Related Links

Halloween Activities

Practice reading IT words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• IT Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the UG word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

This packet contains 22 word wall cards for the digraph SH. There are cards that show the digraph as the beginning sound and cards that show the digraph as the ending sound. The first 22 cards have the word featured in black and white. The second set of cards has the word featured with the digraph in red.

These word wall cards can also be cut apart and used as puzzles.

Related Links

Blends and Digraphs

Practice reading UG words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• UG Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the UG word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading AM words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• AM Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the AM word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Matching Mats Bundle

Work Family Clip Cards Bundle

Work Family Dice Games Bundle

Practice reading IG words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• IG Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the IG word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading AD words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• AD Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the AD word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading UM words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• UM Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the UM word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

This packet contains 22 word wall cards for the digraph CH. There are cards that show the digraph as the beginning sound and cards that show the digraph as the ending sound. The first 22 cards have the word featured in black and white. The second set of cards has the word featured with the digraph in red.

These word wall cards can also be cut apart and used as puzzles.

Related Links

Blends and Digraphs

This packet contains 20 word wall cards for the digraph TH. There are cards that show the digraph as the beginning sound and cards that show the digraph as the ending sound. The first 20 cards have the word featured in black and white. The second set of cards has the word featured with the digraph in red.

These word wall cards can also be cut apart and used as puzzles.

Related Links

Blends and Digraphs

This packet contains 12 word wall cards for the digraph WH. There are cards that show the digraph as the beginning sound and cards that show the digraph as the ending sound. The first 12 cards have the word featured in black and white. The second set of cards has the word featured with the digraph in red.

These word wall cards can also be cut apart and used as puzzles.

Related Links

Blends and Digraphs

Practice reading OG words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• OG Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the OG word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading AG words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• AG Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the AG word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Matching Mats Bundle

Work Family Clip Cards Bundle

Work Family Dice Games Bundle

Practice reading AN words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• AN Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the AN word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading ID words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• ID Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the ID word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading IN words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• IN Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the IN word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading ET words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• ET Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the ET word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle

Practice reading AP words with these word wall cards. They make a great display for a phonics word wall as well as within a writing center.

What is Included:

• AP Word Family Cards

This set contains CVC and CCVC cards for the AP word family. Half of the cards have solid black letters and the other half have the rime highlighted in red, which allow students to easily blend onset and rime to read each word.

Ways to Use:

• Traditional word wall cards
• Cut along the middle line to create simple matching puzzles
• Use as reference cards in a writing center
• Use as cards with a sand or salt tray
• Use as flash cards

These cards are versatile, allowing students a variety of ways to practice reading words. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will aid students with learning unfamiliar words.

When to Use:

• Word Wall Cards
• Literacy Center
• Writing Center
• Flash Cards
• Small Group Activities
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

These cards make a great addition to any literacy or writing center, providing students will practice reading words that all contain the same rime.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading CVC and CCVC words
• Blending onset and rime

More Word Family Activities

Word Family Sentence and Picture Match

Word Family Flashcards in Google Slides

Word Family Activities Real Photograph Bundle