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Morning Messages Year Long Bundle for Kindergarten! Chit Chat fun with your little ones. This is the Kindergarten set. If you are looking for first grade you can visit the page for the FIRST GRADE BUNDLE*****************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.*****************************************************************************Morning Messag

First Grade Morning Messages Year Long Growing Bundle!Chit Chat fun with your little ones.KINDERGARTEN BUNDLE**NOTE: The thumbnails show samples from AUG/SEPT only*****************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.The morning message concludes with a turn and talk question to help them work on listening and speaking skills. *******************

Reindeer Nonfiction unit packed full of learning fun!Learn all about reindeer with the following activities:*Reindeer full-color informational text with real pictures*Reindeer full-color vocabulary cards*Links to four videos with reindeer facts and real video footage or reindeer*Chit Chat messages in color and in black and white*Fact Finder Detective sheets for close reading*Close Reading Article Copies with Text and Vocabulary Questions*Flip Flap sheet for Reindeer *Fact or Fiction sheet *All A

ZOO animals are so intriguing for kids to learn about! This unit is packed full of learning! This is what happens when Chit Chat Messages & Close Reading Collide! This resource can be used with a Zoo/African Animals theme or as stand alone Reading & Writing lessons and activities. Completed updated in April 2019Included in this unit are:What is a ZOO?Who takes care of the animals?ALL ABOUT ELEPHANTS Nonfiction book with full color photos about elephants Vocabulary car

I am always looking for new ways to begin that very first day of the school year. It is an amazing time where we set the tone for what is to come in the days and months of our exciting time together. This year, rather than have students complete a signature scavenger hunt where they are all over the room, I created a resource that allows them to sit, listen, and chit chat. You can have students rotate around the room, if you wish, but allow students to share their thoughts with a partner or i

This is what happens when Chit Chat Messages & Close Reading Collide! This resource is perfect to use for Shared Reading and Interactive Writing in a K & 1 classroom. This resource can be used with a Penguin or Winter Animals theme or as a stand alone Reading & Writing lessons and activities.There are EIGHT close reading passages Each passage includes a Chit Chat message in both color and black and white55 pages of PRINT AND GO fun & learningTeacher directions with pictures, Inf

These Chit Chat Messages are a great way to start your day! Many Kindergarten and First grade skills are covered in these Morning Messages units. Using this format for Morning Messages or Mini lessons provides your students with the opportunity to learn and practice critical skills, develop phonics skills and they provide opportunities for Developing Speaking & Listening skills. NOTE: These units are from 2012. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEWEST VERSION OF KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN CHIT CHAT HER

Morning Messages for August and September! Chit Chat fun with your little ones. This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE *************************************************************************** These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners. ************************************************************************** The skills covered in this unit are: Beginning Sounds Uppercase and Lowercase lett

First Grade Morning Messages Chit Chat fun with your little ones. ***************************************************************************** These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of literacy and math skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners. The morning message concludes with a turn and talk question to help them work on listening and speaking skills. ***************************************************************************** The skills covered

This is what happens when Chit Chat Messages & Close Reading Collide! This resource is perfect to use for Shared Reading and Interactive Writing in a K & 1 classroom. This resource can be used with a Penguin or Winter Animals theme or as a stand alone Reading & Writing lessons and activities. There are SIX reading passages Each passage includes a Chit Chat message in both color and black and white and two flip flaps 42 pages of PRINT AND GO fun & learning Teacher directions wi

Morning Messages for October! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE*****************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.*****************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Beginning SoundsBeginning Sounds FluencyLetter Identificatio

Morning Messages for November! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE*****************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.*****************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:The skills covered in November are:Ending SoundsLetter Soun

Morning Messages for May! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE***************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.**************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Digraphs and BlendsBeginning Sounds Review (what's the secret word?)

Morning Messages for December! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.*****************************************************************************This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE*****************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Word FamiliesCVC wordsMedial short vowel soundsRhymingPhone

Morning Messages for March! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE***************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.**************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Word FamiliesBlends and digraphslong vowel soundscvc word families

American Symbols This is what happens when Chit Chat Messages & Close Reading Collide! BUY THE BUNDLE AND SAVE This resource is perfect to use for Shared Reading and Interactive Writing in a K & 1 classroom. This resource can be used with a study on American Symbols. There are FOUR informational text books. One for each of the following symbols. STATUE OF LIBERTY LIBERTY BELL BALD EAGLE AMERICAN FLAG Each book includes a follow-up Chit Chat message in both color and black and white, f

Morning Messages for January! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE*****************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Word FamiliesBlends and digraphsMedial short vowel soundsRhyming

Morning Messages for February! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE*****************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Word FamiliesBlends and digraphslong vowel soundscvc word famil

Engage your forensics students on the first day of school! This station lab is meant to serve as an ice- breaker activity that will get your students up, moving around the room. They will be engaged in meaningful scientific conversations as they rotate through these 7 lab station tasks. Need a digital option? No problem! This resource includes both a print and digital version, making it perfect for flipped classrooms, distance learning, online courses and traditional classrooms. What's include

Morning Messages for April! Chit Chat fun with your little ones.This resource is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE***************************************************************************These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners.**************************************************************************The skills covered in this unit are:Digraphs and BlendsBeginning Sounds Review (what's the secret word

First Grade Morning Messages Chit Chat fun with your little ones. Available in COLOR and BLACK & WHITE ***************************************************************************** These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of literacy and math skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners. The morning message concludes with a turn and talk question to help them work on listening and speaking skills. *******************************************************

Engage your biology students in the first days of school! This station lab is meant to serve as an "introduction to Biology" activity that will get your students up, moving around the room. They will be engaged in meaningful scientific conversations as they rotate through these 7 lab station tasks...NO PRIOR BIOLOLGY KNOWLEDGE NEEDED.Need a digital option? No problem! This resource includes both a print and digital version, making it perfect for flipped classrooms, distance learning, online cour

First Grade Morning Messages Chit Chat fun with your little ones. ***************************************************************************** These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of literacy and math skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners. The morning message concludes with a turn and talk question to help them work on listening and speaking skills. ***************************************************************************** The skills covered

First Grade Morning Messages Chit Chat fun with your little ones. Available in Color and Black & White ***************************************************************************** These morning messages are a great way to review a variety of literacy and math skills each day while you share the pen with your little learners. The morning message concludes with a turn and talk question to help them work on listening and speaking skills. *******************************************************