Morning Meetings are a great way to create a trusting classroom community in your class because they help every student to feel welcome and needed. The Kreite model of morning meetings has 4 important steps: Greetings, sharing, group activity, and news and announcements.
Greetings - Help students feel welcome and like they belong in the classroom. There are many different activities that can be used for greetings. Some ideas include: saying hello in different languages, singing greeting songs, tossing a ball between students as they say hello to each other.
Sharing - Gives students an opportunity to share with the class. Sharing can be done in a variety of different ways. You can have students sign up in advance to share and have a few share or you can do a lightning share where every student shares a 1-2 word answer to a question.
Group Activity - Builds community. The group activity is a fun activity. It can be linked to what you are studying or it can be used for more of a fun relaxer.
News and Announcements - Transition from morning meeting into the rest of the day. Students reread the chart together that they read as they entered the classroom at the beginning of the day. The chart should have some interactive component.
Morning Meetings only take 15-30 minutes out of the day and they have so many lasting benefits!
Morning Meeting Benefits:
- opportunity to practice social skills
- provides a safe environment for risk taking
- students learn active listening skills
- students learn self-control
- students learn cooperation
- inclusive environment
- students learn speaking/presenting skills
Further Reading/Resources:
https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/being-breakfast-table
I'm glad you're seeing benefits to having morning meetings. I'm anxious for you to learn more about them from teachers who use them, and wouldn't teach without them! When you have a few moments, look up "morning meetings" on youtube, and find some different types of meetings to see what you think. (3 pts.)
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