Morning News Charts

My summer "Back School Blog" choice is Morning Charts.

My morning charts are "News" of the day.  I know I could do it on a smart board, but my kiddos love taking home the chart for their special helper day.  As the year goes on the chart becomes a learning text.  I usually don't write the whole message until the kiddos are in the circle and it becomes interactive.

 What I do is get the school calendar for the  and then buy 4 charts.  I just write the greeting, date, and important events for that particular date.

As the year goes on I start to leave out words, dates, etc. and the special helper fills in the missing information.  By the end of the year I like the special helper to fill in most of the information, including the greeting.

The chart is written for the day, but does not go home until the next day, because we read the old news first and then tear it off and start the new day.