Work display labels for student work boards (free printable)

About this sheet

Student work on a wall means more to a visitor when a short caption says what they are looking at. These cards are the captions: eight to a page, each a small rectangle with a colored bar and one line of large text that you can reword. A good caption names the kind of work, such as a story, a model or a set of solved problems, and sometimes the task behind it. Cut the page apart, then pin one card next to each cluster of papers. Because every line is editable, you can print the same page again with a new set of captions when the display changes, without redrawing anything.

Grades: Pre-K to 8. Best in: September, October, November.

How to use it

1. Rewrite the eight captions in the box, one per line, so they describe the work you are about to hang.
2. Print on plain paper or card stock, then cut along the card edges with scissors or a paper trimmer.
3. Pin each caption beside its group of work, and swap the cards whenever you change the display.

Five ideas for class

1. Write the learning target in the caption, like We learned to add details, so a visitor knows what the pinned papers were meant to show.
2. Rotate which pieces go up on a schedule, so over a term every child has something on the wall under a caption.
3. Use the card Still working on it for drafts, which tells families that unfinished work belongs on a wall as much as polished work does.
4. Let children choose which caption fits their piece and pin it themselves, which gets them thinking about what kind of work they made.
5. Print a second page of captions in another language for the families in your room, and pin the two versions together.

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