I love Morning Meetings with my sixth graders. Our typical Morning Meetings follow the structure from Responsive Classroom, but there are some days that we spend a lot longer on activities than oth…
Morning meetings can help promote a positive classroom climate, build meaningful relationships, and promote social and emotional learning skills for all. Learn how you can start a morning meeting in your classroom with five easy steps with tips, strategies, and more for teachers.
The way we begin our mornings really sets a tone for the rest of the day. During my first few years of teaching, I didn’t realize how truly important those first 5 minutes of class were. I was always taught to teach “bell to bell,” but the stress of that expectation caused me to have a […]
A complete guide for how to structure your morning meetings and a curated a list of morning meeting questions for students in elementary and middle school.
Creating a strong classroom community is so important to the function of our classroom and the well-being of our students. Today I’m sharing 17+ ideas for morning meeting topics for that are perfect for your upper elementary morning meetings. Teaching for social and emotional growth through mor
Can we bring the advantages of an elementary school strategy for building a classroom community to the higher grades?
One of the very best times to integrate social emotional learning practices into the day is first thing in the morning. It's a great way to help kids and teens start their day off feeling connected, respected, and valued. By putting social-emotional learning first, we have pave the way for kids and
Morning meeting activities are incredibly beneficial for you and for your students! Not only does it amplify positivity in the classroom, but it also allows your students to feel like a part of the class and take responsibility for what is happening inside of (and outside of) their classroom community. Add value to the Social-Emotional Learning that takes place in your classroom with this resource! When we do Morning Meeting in the Upper Elementary and Middle Grades, the focus is on addressing the social and emotional needs of our unique learners. Through Morning Meeting, you will be able to accomplish so much more with your class. While it may seem like a waste of time, I have actually GAINED instructional time because all of the “middle school drama” practically vanishes from the rest of my week. Make sure to check out the green preview button for a complete look at this product!
Are you prepping for the new school year and wondering how you are going to make morning meeting work in your classroom? I have brainstormed 10 different
I love Morning Meetings with my sixth graders. Our typical Morning Meetings follow the structure from Responsive Classroom, but there are some days that we spend a lot longer on activities than oth…
In this blog post, I'll be sharing some exciting and interactive morning meeting games that you can play with your students at any time of year. Whether you're looking for a quick icebreaker or a longer team-building activity, I've got you covered. So, grab your coffee and let's get started!
A complete guide for how to structure your morning meetings and a curated a list of morning meeting questions for students in elementary and middle school.
Read for some fun ways to include social-emotional learning into your morning meeting routines and how to structure your week.
A complete guide for how to structure your morning meetings and a curated a list of morning meeting questions for students in elementary and middle school.
Morning Meeting Activities will help students fall in love with school! Help students become life longer learners by implementing morning meeting!
Hello friends! This is the final week for The Morning Meeting and it is all about the Morning Message. This is the fourth and final component of the morning meeting. If you would like to see my reflections on the first 3 components see them here: Greeting, Sharing, and Group Activity. This chapter lays out the purpose for the morning message (which I love examining the purpose first...otherwise why do we bother?). Morning message is meant to: Build community through shared written information Develop and reinforce language arts, math, and other academic skills in a meaningful and interactive way. Eases the transition into the rest of the day and builds students' excitement about the day's learning. Shared Written Information: The morning message is just that...a message written to the class to convey information about the day. I love, love, love that it is a thoughtful way to build community. Students are addressed as a whole group, no one is left out, and everyone starts their day on a positive "note". Of course in kinder they won't be reading these right off the bat but later in the year I know they will be ready for that! This year sometime after Winter break they started reading the problem of the day without me. I loved seeing their independent reading skills come to life before my eyes and this is just another opportunity for that! Reinforce Content: The letter to class is a way to bring content into the morning meeting. Focus on science, math, language arts, you name it! Whatever your class is working on you can include those things in the morning meeting. I am already thinking about how fun our Wednesday messages will be with Wacky Wednesday (our science/unit day)! Planning it out will be key for sure (and I'll get to that in a minute!) Ease the Transition into the rest of the day: We are BIG on enthusiasm at our school. It is actually one of our "Attitudes" that we focus on throughout the year. Our enthusiasm for learning comes from activities like this. My favorite idea from this chapter was on page 182, "Morning message gains its power from the interactions it generates-teacher communicating with students and students communicating with one another..." That is the key and one of the main reasons I started reading this book in the first place! I wanted that start to our day that creates an environment that fosters open communication in a loving and kind way. That really is the most important thing we can do for our class! OK....so I hinted at planning a couple of paragraphs ago and I've been giving this a lot of thought. I want a place I can plan out my morning meeting so that I am ready to go and not struggling to think of things to do 2 minutes before the bell rings (do I know me or what??). The end of every chapter has a lot to choose from as far as sharing, group activity, and morning message goes so it should be pretty simple to make a plan. Here is what I came up with: I know I won't really need a spot for the greeting but I thought a place to write some reflections about how the greeting is going would be nice. I will write in the name of the sharing activity and group activity and jot down the morning message in the spaces provided. The only thing this will "add" to my weekly planning will be writing out the morning message. I will definitely want to have those written down on chart paper before the week begins. So that's it! Originally I said I would wrap up this book next week but I think I'm ready to move on. I am going to get started on the other two books I bought at the beginning of summer, The First 6 Weeks of School from the Responsive Classroom and also 80 Morning Meeting Ideas by Susan Lattanzi Roser. These both will help with my planning and focus on how to implement once school begins. Next up on my reading list is TDQ: Text-Dependent Questions by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. Their names are sounding familiar to me...anyway..Mrs. Wills' Kindergarten is hosting a book study not only on her blog but in a FB group too. How cool is that? Here are the details: Link up on FB HERE AND.....I am still planning on reading a few more before the summer is up. I have to squeeze it all in now otherwise it would never happen! Thanks for stopping by today! Remember you can keep up with on Instagram as Learning with Mrs. Langley and FB too.
Find out how to get started with morning meeting conversations so you can set the stage for a positive school day and build social skills all at the same time!
A complete guide for how to structure your morning meetings and a curated a list of morning meeting questions for students in elementary and middle school.
Are you using morning meeting and looking for ways to freshen up the structure and get more benefits out of that time?
