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Getting the Classroom Back to School Reading {Word Wall}

Hey there again!  I am back with a new quick idea for your back to school classroom!  Today I wanted to share with you my whiteboard word wall!  You know how blessed you when you inherit a classroom that is teacher-ready?!  Well, my classroom already had the taped out word wall so my hard was already over 😉 

If you are interested in doing a whiteboard word wall you can measure and tape it out with black electrical tape- yes this is the hard part!


This year I decided to update my border and word wall letters!  A quick tip I have for attaching your border to your whiteboard would be to use a hot glue gun!  They are fabulous!  The border will stick with no “bowing.”  Also, when you are ready to take it down it will pull right off…not leaving a sticky residue like tape does!

  This year I went with a chalkboard theme for my word wall letters!  I also hot glued them to the board because I didn’t want to spend hours next time peeling off tape 🙁 For the words on my word wall I simply write the word with my dry-erase marker.  I know most do cards, but I have found that I can get the words in a largest format by just writing them!

The word wall labels are a free download!  You can click below to grab those!

If you have additional questions on my whiteboard wall wall please email me or comment below!  Also, view my previous back to school post below! 🙂

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  1. MrsS says

    July 26, 2014 at 6:23 am

    I did the electrical tape thing last year and had to take it down for summer construction! I'm not looking forward to having to do it again! Loving all of these great ideas, thank you!
    -Andrea

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  2. Kelly Burlinski says

    July 26, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Hot glue gun! That is brilliant I have the same borders on my word wall and used magnets last year, but not enough. They fell down a lot! I can't wait to get into my classroom. One more week.
    Kelly
    MyFabulousClass

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  3. Mrs. Yazzie's Classroom News says

    July 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    Three years ago I switched my Word Wall from a large bulletin board to a smaller white board. The benefit: kiddos could better reach all the words and even remove them, taking them to their seat or a center as needed.

    The first year I measured (3 rows/8 columns) and identified the sections by yarn pulled taunt and stapled on the outside edges of the white board and covered by bulletin board border. The second year I tried electrical tape. Worked well until I was moved to a new classroom at the end of the year and had to remove it! UGH! It was INSANE! I will never use electrical tape again! So this year, in my new classroom, I tried painter's tape. So far, so good. No yucky reside lurking behind when I needed to remove a piece of the tape.

    I really like your ABC labels. They look great against the whiteboard with black tape dividers!

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  4. Sara Foint says

    July 26, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    what are your measurements for the electrical tape? That's always my biggest problem!

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    • Anonymous says

      July 29, 2014 at 5:03 pm

      Sara,
      Here are the measurements using 1 inch tape each rectangles inside the tape is 8 inches wide and 10 inches long!

      Reply
  5. Kelly Harrison says

    July 27, 2014 at 12:36 am

    Hi Tara,
    I've had my word wall like this for the past 2 years and the students love it because it is so big, they refer to it constantly! The only difference about mine is that I make the vowels a different color (I did red last year) so that they stand out and students recognize that the vowels are the most important letters. Thanks for sharing your ideas, I always look forward to reading your blog posts!! 🙂

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  6. Elementary AMC says

    July 27, 2014 at 1:20 am

    Thank you so much for the word wall freebie – I am moving to a new classroom and am not sure how I am going to set up my word wall yet but I love these!! Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Jen R says

    July 27, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    I have NO wall space…. and NO white board space… lol. I have NO clue how i'm going to do my word wall.. I may just have ot use my Spelling Journals and make sure to let my admin know that the kids have personal word walls in their desks. lol
    ♥ Jen
    Teacher by the Beach

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    • Ms. Hall says

      August 3, 2014 at 7:16 am

      Try the ceiling.. seriously. I had seen it somewhere on pintrest. I seriously thought about doing it.

      Reply
  8. Janine says

    July 28, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Can I ask you how you use word walls? Which words are you writing on it and how do the children use them? I will be a teacher next year in Germany and I love reading the blog to get many ideas and input… Thank you

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      July 28, 2014 at 6:12 pm

      Janine, I only write our sight words that we cover throughout the year. I know others include student names and math vocabulary. Mine is a limited on space so that is why I just do sight words 🙂

      Tara

      Reply
  9. Kara says

    July 31, 2014 at 4:24 am

    I love how your wall looks! Please post more photos of your room, love your ideas!!

    Reply
  10. Jacqueline Harbison says

    August 6, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    This is fabulous! Hot glue doesn't melt the whiteboard? Have you also tried hot glue on walls, wooden furniture, and plastic furniture? I might go hot glue crazy and put all my labels up with hot glue instead of tape, so it does't leave the sticky residue at the end of the year.

    Reply
  11. Megan Nissen says

    May 15, 2019 at 1:23 am

    Hi Tara,

    I cannot seem to find these word wall labels. Can you please point me in the right direction? I love your stuff!

    Thanks,

    Reply
    • Tara says

      May 20, 2019 at 5:31 am

      Can you email me at li******************@gm***.com?

      Reply
  12. Heather says

    August 5, 2019 at 12:21 am

    I would love these for my room and I am having trouble finding them as well. I sent you an email about it since I saw your response from another post.

    Reply
    • Tara says

      August 5, 2019 at 5:29 am

      You can email me at li******************@gm***.com

      Reply
  13. Palak Shah says

    August 4, 2021 at 12:57 pm

    Hi I really love your idea of writing words for word wall.
    I am planning to hot glue my border on white board. Did you first put a painters tape border on white board and on top u hot glued it or just hot glued it with no tape.
    And after u hot glued it without tape u could take it off without residue?

    Reply
    • Tara says

      August 17, 2021 at 7:22 am

      Yes! It’s actually electrical tape 🙂 Then I laminated the word wall letters and hot glued them 😀

      Reply
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