March First Grade Morning Bins

by admin

Get ready for some fun with the March First Grade Morning Bins! March is one of my favorite months, and as I’ve been making the morning bins each month, they are becoming more and more fun!

NOTE: Many teachers are choosing to use these as early finisher tubs or during a different part of the day. Generic labels have been included for this purpose.

KINDERGARTEN MORNING BIN BUNDLE AVAILABLE HERE

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MORNING TUBS / BINS?

The benefits of morning bins are endless!

  • They are hands-on and engaging.
  • They provide meaningful practice for basic skills.
  • Students have opportunities to work on fine motor skills.
  • They provide group and social interaction.
  • These offer open-ended practice.
  • They can be used as an alternative to pencil/paper work.
  • They provide extra practice for previously taught skills.
  • Most importantly…they make learning FUN!

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE?

Each monthly theme will include 21 skills. The monthly skills stay the same throughout the months, but the activities change to provide students with more challenging activities. 

  • 189 Morning Bin activities
  • Color AND Black and White Versions Included!
  • Simplified Student Direction Cards
  • Material List for each bin 
  • Morning Bin Rules Poster
  • Labels for Bins (2 options)
  • Teacher Progress Monitoring Sheet
  • Some bins included accountably sheets, if you choose to use them

SKILLS INCLUDED IN THE MARCH FIRST GRADE MORNING BINS:

  • Vocabulary
  • Sounds
  • Segment and Blend
  • Sight Words
  • Sequence
  • Sentences
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Syllables
  • Comparing and Contrasting Characters in Text
  • Count Sequence
  • Making Groups
  • Representing Numbers
  • Base 10 Concepts
  • Doubles Fluency
  • Addition and Subtraction
  • Graphing Information
  • Geometry (Shapes)
  • Making Money Values with Coins
  • Fractions
  • Social/Emotional: Regulating Myself and Relating to Others

Let’s take a look at what is included in the March First Grade Morning Bins.

Morning Bin #1: Vocabulary

Students will build a vocabulary word with magnetic letters. Students will match the picture to the word.

Morning Bin #2: Sounds

Students will say the word, decide if the y makes a long i or a long e sound, and color by the code.

Morning Bin #3: Segment & Blend

Students will say the -nk or -ng  word, build the word and write the word.

Morning Bin #4: Sight Words

Students will spin the spinner and graph the sight word.

Morning Bin #5: Sequence

Students will read the sentences and put them in order so that the story makes sense.

Morning Bin #6: Sentences

Students will spin the vowel spinner and the tense spinner, and then write a sentence using the word in that tense.

Morning Bin #7: Grammar

Students will look at the picture, read the sentence and decide which word completes the sentence.

Morning Bin #8: Writing

Students pick a card, decide which they prefer and write about it, telling why they prefer it.

Morning Bin #9: Rhymes, Syllables & Compound Words

Students will put the syllables in order to build the word, and then check it off the list.

Morning Bin #10: Text

Students will pick a character card and compare and contrast the characters.

Morning Bin #11: Count Sequence

Students will take turns rolling a die and racing to reach 120.

Morning Bin #12: Comparing Numbers & Making Groups

Students will pick a card and use counters to show the groups.

Morning Bin #13: Representing Numbers

Students will sort the petals to the correct number mat.

Morning Bin #14: Base Ten

Students will flip a card, show the problem, and write the sum. 

Morning Bin #15: Fluency

Students will spin the spinner, double the number and cover the answer.

Morning Bin #16: Addition & Subtraction

Students will flip a card, double the number and add 2 more. Then they will cover the answer.

Morning Bin #17: Measurement & Data

Students will spin the spinner, graph the answer and add a tally mark on the chart.

Morning Bin #18: Geometry

Students will name the shape and find the shape name and attribute pieces to complete the puzzle.

Morning Bin #19: Time and Money

Students will flip a card, read the value, and show two different ways to make the value.

Morning Bin #20: Patterns & Fractions

Students will spin the spinner and cover a fraction that matches.

Morning Bin #21: Social & Emotional

Students will draw themselves and write about what they like about themselves on the petals of the flower.

I hope you enjoy these morning bins as much as I enjoyed making them!

To see the Kindergarten March Morning Bins in action, Click Here.

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