My name is Melanie Whitesides and instead of having a word wall that we use all year or add to I put up a new one every one to two months. It is usually based on a holiday or season. This is one way I am able to expose my students to more vocabulary and in a way that they do not grow tired or used to. They know the words will change and, as we use them, we talk about the meanings. I give them each a dictionary for their use during writing and, when I introduce the new word wall, we have a race t