20 Reproducible Thematic Word Banks to Help Kids Become Better Readers, Writers, and Spellers Build literacy with charming file-folder word walls! Just paste the patterns to the front of file folders and you've got 20 portable word walls ready to fill with your class's favorite words! Topics include: school, apples, pumpkins, penguins, snowman, spring, tooth, birthday cake, and many more! Mary Beth Spann is a former elementary teacher and author of many educational books. She has written extensively for Instructor Magazine, where she is a contributing editor.