Word Banks | Word lists with pictures

Do you find teaching writing overwhelming at times? It sure can be tricky being the only adult in a room full of beginning writers! Writing Lists are an amazing tool to help build your students’ confidence and independence. The themed word banks inspire writing ideas, help students become independent writers, and make writing sessions a whole lot smoother!

Important: This is a digital resource. No physical resource will be shipped to you. You will be able to download the resource immediately after purchase.  

What is included:

• 25 Word Lists!
• Themes include: Family, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Park, Party, Space, Classroom, Beach, Farm, Zoo, Pets, Insects, Ocean, Animals, Food, Magical, Transport, Weather, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, Colors
• Word Banks include visuals! Why is this important? They help even your beginning readers find the word they need!
• Word Banks also include additional vocabulary that your students may need
• Two versions included: US Spelling and British/Australian spelling (mom/mum, color/colour, Fall/Autumn
• These word lists are in a ZIP file

Why you need this resource in your classroom

• Word lists help build independent writers! They reduce the need for students to say “Teacher, how do you spell….?” Instead, you can support students’ problem solving skills by saying “See if you can find the word on the word list!”
• Word Banks help all learners experience success. Even your beginning writers can use them to write multiple sentences. Why not set students up with some simple sentence starters, and see what amazing sentences they come up with? For your more independent writers, word lists can inspire their writing. For example, they could write a recount about a party. Or write an imaginary story about a trip to space. All students will find these useful!

Ways to use this resource

• Print and laminate word banks for your writing centre. You can place all of them in your writing centre, or rotate them throughout the year
• Display the PDF on your Smartboard to use in your modelled writing and writing lessons
• Print multiple pages to one page (e.g 4 to a page) and keep the word lists on your students’ tables for easy access