Many educators use a balanced literacy approach to teach reading, writing, speaking and listening. Balanced literacy instruction can be characterized by meaningful literacy activities that provide the children with the skill and desire to become proficient in these four areas as well as making lifelong learners out of them! Research indicates that strategies such as Morning Message, Shared Reading, Interactive Writing and Word Walls when used in a balanced literacy program assist English Language Learners greatly. Hence, many teachers are using these strategies to enhance their classroom instruction while inadvertently making the children's day more exciting and pleasurable.
Morning Message is a text dialogue that a teacher writes to their students on a daily basis.
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