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Teach From the Walls

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Teach From the Walls

Lesson Objective: Post student work and information around the room

All Grades / All Subjects / Engagement

2 MIN

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What kinds of materials does Ms. Chism post around the room?
How do students use the materials posted in the room?
How does reading "walk around research" increase engagement?

67 Comments

Julie Davis May 19, 2023 8:33am

I love how Ms. Chism used it as a research tool for the students. I use this strategy in my classroom as well. I vocational skills andThe students put their goals on a posted note and they go up on the wall, and I can remind them what they are working towards. I have soft skills and sentence starters to help with answering interview questions, that the students use weekly. My favorite poster/ learning tool defines what is fair and I have them read that a lot!!!

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mindy magden Feb 10, 2020 1:51pm

This strategy provides students with the opportunity to get up and move around. They are active and actively participating.

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Sami Alghamdi Dec 3, 2019 8:14pm

I would like to start applying this strategy but I'm wondering if it's works with high school students!!

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Phyllis Grana Aug 5, 2018 12:46am

I will be teaching ELL this year. It's a first for me. I'm planning on starting this strategy during the first week of school and continuing with it throughout the year. Fingers crossed. I love how interactive this is. My students need this type of learning.

Phyllis Grana

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Raven Groom Jun 5, 2018 11:57am

I love these strategy. It gets the students up and moving, which is outside of the norm classroom setting. It is also a good engagement strategy.

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Teach from the Walls Transcript

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Teach from the Walls Transcript

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Student: Our agenda for today is brainstorming, group discussion...

Sherwanda Chism: One of our strategies

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Teach from the Walls Transcript

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Student: Our agenda for today is brainstorming, group discussion...

Sherwanda Chism: One of our strategies in our program is that we teach from the walls. Whenever we do an activity, we post things in the room. And so, throughout the study -- the unit of study -- children can always go to the wall to get more information.

Sherwanda Chism (in class): You can use the walls, you can use the research around the walls if you want to use the texts over there from the books, you can use those.

Sherwanda Chism: In our room, we also post what we call, "walk around research," and "walk around research" is basically nonfiction information about our unit of study.

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Sherwanda Chism (in class): So, use these. Use these -- use the walls because in CLUE, we learn from the walls. Use your graphic organizer and use the white board to help you, okay?

Sherwanda Chism: And students can walk up to the walls at any time and they can read. This "walk around research" gives them the opportunity to move because in the traditional classroom, students are normally sitting but here they can walk to the walls.

Sherwanda Chism (in class): Make sure you have your pencils in your hand.

Sherwanda Chism: And, not only is the walk around research on the walls, what they've done is on the walls. Because they become research. Their work becomes research.

Sherwanda Chism (in class): Let's put 'em back on the walls somewhere.

Sherwanda Chism: And so children really get the opportunity to express themselves and they learn from their peers and they take it back and they learn and they increase their knowledge by learning from the walls.

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