Graffiti wall classroom activity

Do you have a space in your classroom for your students that is just for them? We like to give our students some agency over what is displayed. That is why we love a reading graffiti wall.

Graffiti walls are an effective way to boost reading engagement in your classroom.

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I love using graffiti walls as a teaching tool in my classroom. They are easy, adaptable to many subjects, and great for any subject or age. The basic idea is that the students are creating a layered and creative visual representation of what they are learning. Just like most graffiti, there isn't a definite plan, it is more impromptu than planned out, and has layers of overlapping additions. My favorite way to use graffiti walls like this is in literature, especially with a read-a-loud or…

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LOVE this ELD / Glad wall! There's a pictoral input chart, the current chant, A noun chart, the phonics skills, some class writing - I'm drooling!

Teacher Sample We had such fun with our graffiti pieces! And what a perfect way to start off the new Art Room semester. So many art elements and design element were involved, so it was a great way to review and exercise our skills for the new term. We developed our words from a graffiti 'tag' to a shapely graffiti 'throw' and finally to a graffiti 'piece'. Our overlapping, highlights and shadows required careful thinking of shape, space, line and form. We practiced coloring techniques…

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The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with…

Graffiti Walls provide the perfect review or diagnostic for any concept. They are also a fun collaborative activity for reading completing reading responses.

I'm breaking out of my blogging silence today with a post about a task I call "Word Graffiti." This activity is perfect before you have your students read anything with some vocabulary they've not seen before. I had my class read a short article I wrote on the Holocaust. There were some words I felt I needed to include in the text, but I knew they wouldn't have heard them in any other context. The words were: - corruption - devastation - inhumane - vainly - revolt - ghettos I wrote these…

No major art concepts or groundbreaking skill acquisition here, just 100% buy-in with my new students! I always like to start the new trimester, (100-ish new students for a 12 week art session,) wi…

So, graffiti has been something I have been teaching in my high school art room ever since 2009. It is a yearly staple and one of my favorite things to teach! It also is the one unit that has gone through the MOST changes. I went through a period of 3 or 4 years where So, graffiti has been something I have been teaching in my high school art room ever since 2009. It is a yearly staple and one of my favorite things to teach! It also is the one unit that has gone through the MOST changes. I…

Classroom graffiti board ideas and examples. These boards create a space that motivates students to write their hearts out.

Great activity for beginning digital artists! Step by step drawing tutorial using layers and free program kleki

This post contains affiliate links (see bottom of post for explanation). A rainy day off school saw us painting on our graffiti art wall which we haven't worked on for a very long time. It's a really fun, exciting and creative art project to do with the kids! I love our graffiti wall! One which I join in with them too. We have a dedicated wall for this. It's on one wall in our hallway. I must say it's getting a little easier as the kids get older to work on it. It was a bit tricky in the…