Concordance Sticker for Book Appropriate for Classroom Collection

         The word wall sticker I created came from Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I had some trouble figuring out the “Label Wizard” template from my Microsoft Word program, so I figured I would create a chart with three columns in that measured 3.5” by 4.”  First, I typed every word from the book into a word document. Then, I used Wordle.net to gather the most popular words from the book by pasting all of the words into the text box. This site automatically deletes repeated words and common words like a, of, and the. Wordle.net creates word clouds of provided text. Next, I clicked on the Layout dropdown menu and selected that all the words be presented alphabetically and in a horizontal orientation. This made it easy for me to type the significant words in alphabetical order. Lastly, I typed the words from the book into each column and formatted the text and columns to the appropriate measurements.

            I could use this “sticker” as an “in-the-book word wall” for my students. They could use these words to practice spelling them, write them in their own stories, or practice reading them automatically. 

apple ate beautiful big better built butterfly cake caterpillar cherry chocolate cocoon cupcake egg felt five food four Friday green

hole hungry ice cream cone lay leaf lollipop Monday moon morning next nice night one oranges out pears pickle pie piece plums

pushed salami Saturday slice small started still stomachache strawberries Sunday Swiss cheese three Thursday tiny Tuesday two warm watermelon Wednesday