Morning Meeting Activities will help students fall in love with school! Help students become life longer learners by implementing morning meeting!
Keep your students engaged with these 9 easy to use, morning meeting activities that you can try today. No prep required!
Closing Circle in the classroom The end of the day used to be chaotic for my students and me. I would be teaching, and suddenly the bell would ring. We would rush to pack up all our belongings. Students would forget to stack their chairs, leave homework on top of their desk, and leave the […]
Morning Meeting is the best part of the day in my 4th-grade classroom, and I want to share some of my fourth graders’ favorite morning meeting activities. These morning meeting activities are ones that we use all year to work on teamwork, classroom community, and just having fun building relationships together! Use these Morning […]
A daily closing circle will build classroom community. Students will maintain positive relationships while collaborating and having fun.
Community building in the classroom is one of the most important things we do as teachers! Here are some awesome community building activities.
Discover engaging morning meeting activities for kindergarten, (+ ideas for virtual learning). Have fun building your classroom community!
Hopes and Dreams in the elementary classroom What are your hopes and dreams for the school year? Do you dream of your students being happy? Safe? Optimistic? I dream that my students will come every day to class ready to learn, and to create a warm and safe environment to learn in. Not only teachers […]
It's hard to talk to students without making it a lecture. Empower students while you teach them about respect using hands on activities
A Classroom Feedback Slip is a simple tool for gathering quick and meaningful feedback from students at the end of each lesson or week. This slip allows students to share their thoughts on the day’s lesson, what they understood, what they found challenging, and suggestions for improvement. It helps teachers gauge the effectiveness of their teaching and adjust their methods to meet students’ needs. By consistently using feedback slips, teachers can foster a more responsive and engaging learning environment. A Get to Know How I Learn Slip is a questionnaire designed to help teachers understand each student’s unique learning preferences. This slip asks students to share how they best absorb information, whether through visuals, hands-on activities, or listening, and their favorite classroom strategies, like group work or individual projects. The slip allows students to express what helps them succeed academically, giving teachers valuable insights into personalizing instruction for a more effective and enjoyable learning experience.
Do you need some ideas for your cultural responsive teaching? Here are 25 culturally responsive teaching activity cards that will help you engage and involve all students in your classroom. Each card contains the name of the activity, a description, and an example of how to use it in your classroom. Culturally Responsive Teaching Activities Included: Call and Response Think-Pair-Share Jigsaw Choral Read Shout Out Pass the Card Circle the Sage Elbow Partners Echo Read Knowledge Parade Cloze the Gap Jump in Reading Carousel Paper Pass Music Movers Four Corners Graffiti Pass a Problem Circle Time Talking Chips Pose a Problem Rally Coach Gallery Walk Give One, Get One Whip Around **PLEASE NOTE: There is a Promo Page at the end of the resource. Just note that before printing. Watch engagement and student involvement soar with these interactive activities! Visit Our Wise Guys Store Copyright ©Wise Guys. All rights reserved by author. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clip art and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom or personal use ONLY. culturally responsive, culturally relevant, PBIS, RtI, culture, culturally responsive teaching
Brain breaks are a great classroom management tool to use regularly in your classroom. Brain breaks are short, 1 to 2 minute, activities that can…
Well folks, it's about that time. Perhaps for some, you are already back. The first week of school....ahhh....it's exhilarating, it's fun, it's busy....and....it's downright exhausting. What am I going to do without my mid-morning nap? And my mid-afternoon nap? Hopefully, I have some ideas for you to use here to ease that transition back. I think setting the tone with Morning Meeting is the most important part of the day. It is the one area of the day that I have more flexibility with and it a time for students and I to connect. In following with a Responsive Classroom approach Morning Meeting in my classroom has 4 components: 1. Greeting 2. Share 3. Activity 4. Message Sometimes, the 4 components may become a bit intertwined based on time and the nature of the activities. I allocate about 30-40 minutes for Morning Morning and it always incorporates a read-aloud as well. Usually, the read aloud is a picture book of some kind. Let's break down the four components and give you some ideas for each... I keep greetings very low key at first, as students are still getting to know one another and the classroom rules. Therefore, physical contact is limited and is gradually built up, depending on what your class can handle. Here are some ideas: 1. Name Game: Everyone sits in a circle. Start with your arms Criss-crossed arms to make an X across your shoulders and then uncross them and tap your thighs. As students to repeat this motion. Once mastered, start saying student names as you go around the circle "My name is Mrs. Pettersen, Mrs. Pettersen, Mrs. Pettersen. My name is Mrs. Pettersen and what's your name?" The person to my right says his/her name and we repeat "His name is Justin, Justin, Justin. His name is Justin, Justin, Justin, etc. This continues until everyone in the class has had a turn. The last person is the teacher "Her name is Sara, Sara, Sara. Her name is Sara and we're all here!" The kinesthetic motion helps students to remember names. 2. Walk and Greet: Teachers says greets each student by walking up to each student (not in order) waving and smiling and making eye contact. Ask students "What did you notice?" when you are done. You are looking for students to notice that you made eye contact, that you gave a friendly wave without touching and that you smiled. This exercise models for students how you expect them to greet one another for morning meeting. Tell them so. 3. Ball Roll: Roll a small ball to a student after you say good morning "Good morning, Sam." Sam responds and I roll the ball to him. Then he rolls the ball to a student. It is important to review rules and expectations with the ball before beginning this activity. 4. Mirror, Mirror: Greet a student with a motion and have them repeat that motion. If you are silent, they are silent. They then repeat the same motion to a classmate of their choice. 5. Mirror, Mirrored: Play the same way as above, but this time the after the student mimics your motion, they make up their own motion for a classmate to follow. Greetings continue with each student making up their own greeting motions. 6. Hola!: Greet one another in a different language. Instead of saying "Good morning, the teacher greets a student with a greeting in a different language such as "Hola, Lila". Lila then does the same with another classmate. Switch it up as the year goes on with different languages. 7. Round Robin: Model how to shake hands using the right hand and how to shake appropriately without hurting a classmate. Then do a "round robin" greet" where the teacher shakes hands with the person to the right of them, that person shakes hands with the person to the right of them and so on until everyone has been greeted. 8. Meet and Greet: Students pull a name from a hat and greet that student. 9. Guess Who: Using the info gained from the share activity below the teacher pulls a name from a hat (without letting students see the name). Give the students clues on whose name was pulled "This student likes to play soccer. She has 2 brothers and a dog." 10. Sing this song or chant it as a rhyme: "If your name starts with A turn around. If your name with B touch the ground. If your name then down and touch your knee. If your name starts with D say "that's me!" If your name starts with E reach up high. If your name starts with F touch the sky. If your name starts with G that wave up here to me If your name starts with H say "Yippee!" If your name starts I wink your eye. If your name starts with J pretend to fly. If your name starts with K then move and start to sway If your name starts with L say "Good Day!" If your name starts with M touch your head If your name starts with N start to bend If your name starts with O bend down and touch your toe If your name starts with P say "That's me!" If your name starts Q touch your shoe. If your name starts with R stay where you are If your name starts with T wave up here at me If your name starts with U say Yoo-hoo!" If your name starts with V say "Who me?" If your name starts X say "Oh yes?" If your name starts with Y please don't cry. If your name starts with Z say "End with me." O.k....I'm just going to put this out there....I don't like Sharing. There. I said it. Not sharing as in....I don't like to give my things to others. No, not that kind. I don't like having a Share time in the classroom. I just feel like it terms into "This is what I have and you don't so I'm going to stand up here and tell you all about it and make you feel bad so you can go home and tell your parents and beg them to buy it for you too" time. Therefore, Share time in the classroom for me has to have a bit more direction and purpose. In the beginning of school, Share time consists of us getting to know everyone so everyone takes home a brown paper bag with this little poem attached. We’d like to get to know a little about you So fill this bag with photos, a small toy, a momento or two. Bring your bag to school on _______ Know what you want to share and say. We can’t wait to see what’s in your bag On your sharing day! Each student gets assigned a day (actually I assign 2-3 students per day) to share their bag and tell us about themselves. This All About Me Paper Bag Activity is a FREEBIE in my store. You can grab it here. During the remainder of the year, share time is a time when students can share something that they made or earned (such as an aware, trophy, etc) or an addition to their family (such as a new family member or pet). If someone returns from a vacation, they can share their travel journal with us during Share time too. 1. Four Corners: Designate 4 separate corners of your classroom. Choose one student volunteer to close his/her eyes. The remainder of the class will walk quietly to a corner. The student with his/her closed chooses a corner number and any students in that corner are out and must come sit down. 2. Four Corners 2: Play the same as Four Corners except students go together to a corner based on your directions "Go to corner number 1 if you have a dog. Go to corner number 2 if you have a cat. Go to corner number 3 if you have both a dog and a cat. Go to corner number 4 if you don't have a dog or a cat." 3. Sticky Numbers: One student is given a sticky note with a number written on it. He/She must ask her classmates questions about the number in order to guess it. Questions may be "Is it greater than 10? Is an even number?,etc? 4. Warm Winds: Students sit in a circle. One students is the volunteer and asks a common attribute such as "A warm wind blows for anyone who likes pizza." Anyone who likes pizza must then get up and switch places with someone else. Last person standing is the next volunteer. 5. 7 Up: Played just like the traditional game. 7 people choose 7 people who are seated at a table with their heads down. Those7 people who are chosen try to guess who chose them. If guessed correctly, they can then be "it." 6. Back to School: Get to know staff in your school with these Back to School Trading Cards. Give to staff ahead of time or place them in the mailbox. Take students on a tour and collect the cards as your tour. Kids just love collecting cards! They can learn who the staff members are, their names, and their job responsibilities at the same time! 7. Would you Rather: Kids LOVE "Would you rather?" games. You can do a few and then ask a student volunteer to do some. 8. Circle: Students sit in a circle. Send one student out of the room. Choose one student volunteer to be "it". This student makes a pattern of repeated motions. the remainder of the class copies the motions. Call the student who was sent out to come back in. This student now has to guess who is it. I am so bad about writing morning messages. As I'm making photocopies, catching up on who watched "The Bachelor" last night, setting out morning work, making sure I have work set for the parent volunteer I kept saying to myself "I need to write the morning message." Well...9 times of of 10 the students were walking in and I was either A. Writing the message right there and then OR B. Still hadn't written in Morning messages have always been my nemesis but I do they think they are so important for my early readers. Soooo... I spent a lot of time going through the curriculum and creating a YEAR's worth of morning messages that I can always have on my computer so I could just pop it on and BAM! There they are ....every day. I never have to write a morning message again! Literally all I do is turn on my SmartBoard and my morning message for each day is right there! When I have a sub, I just leave her my login directions for my computer and it's a piece of cake. I love how it's review for my students. They are editable too so you can adapt them however you want. To pin for later:
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Make the most of your morning meeting by utilizing all of the important components: greeting, sharing, calendar, message, activity & more.
I've been reading the book, Mindsets in the Classroom by Mary Cay Ricci, and just finished chapter 3. It was a real eye-opener. Through all of my years of teaching, I thought I was differentiating by planning and implementing reteaching and enrichment lessons and activities as my class worked through a unit. But in this chapter, I learned how important it is to start the differentiation before the unit even begins! This process begins with the preassessment. So much valuable information can be gathered before you begin teaching a unit. The purpose of the preassessment is to find how much students understand the content before you plan and teach the unit. Do they have a complete understanding of the content? Then they will need enrichment and/or accelerated activities. Do they have a partial understanding of the content? Then you need to make note of the gaps in their learning so you can plan accordingly. Checklists are a great way to keep track of the objectives and student mastery. From this checklist, you will also see students that need to be grouped for instruction. Keep in mind that this grouping will change as students master the objectives. Another insight I gained from this chapter is the different types of assessments used in a classroom. I put together this graphic to sum up the three types of assessment you should be using in your classroom. Click on the image to download the pdf version. You can also download this free packet with three quick and easy formative assessments you can use
Hey everyone! It's Anna from Hanging with Mrs. Hulsey! The school year is officially in full swing-- and my students are definitely feeling more comfortable with me and each other! One thing I've decided we need to focus on more is our classroom community! Here are some quick ideas to help you promote a positive climate in your classroom! Use Team Builders Team building activities are easy to implement! They don't take a lot of time, students find them to be engaging, and they are often FREE! Here is a quick list of some of my favorite student team building activities: Human Knot (Students stand in circle, reach for hands of people across the way, and then they must untangle themselves without letting go. This can also be done as a spiderweb using a ball of yarn) Tallest Tower (Divide students into groups and give them supplies like straws, tape, blocks, etc. The team that can make the tallest tower wins!) Minefield (Set up a "minefield" that students must navigate a blindfolded partner through) Hula Hoop Pass (Can be played whole class or in teams. Students hold hands and must pass through a hula hoop as quickly as possible) Switch Sides If... (Use a chalk line, rope, or tape line. Have students stand on one side of the line. Read off items like "switch sides if you like to bake", etc.) The internet provides an infinite source of team building activities! I've included a few links below: http://www.ventureteambuilding.co.uk/team-building-activities/ http://www.momjunction.com/articles/team-building-activities-will-keep-kids-busy-summer_0074763/#gref http://mommieshobbies.blogspot.com/2014/01/switch-sides-if.html?m=1 Hold Morning Meetings Time is precious in my classroom because we departmentalize. It feels like we are always on the go. However, I feel that even something as small as a weekly morning meeting would help my students develop a more positive feeling toward one another. You can read more about morning meetings for older elementary students here! I also love this product from TPT! Write Daily White Board Messages I think this is a such a simple way to start the day off with a positive vibe! The night before (or morning of) write a simple prompt on the white board/chalkboard and have students respond on the board. This will foster another sense of ownership and community. You can find white board messages by searching google or Pinterest! Here are some quick ideas to get you started: 1 Thing Wednesday-- name one thing we've done this year that you'd like to do again! I Think I Can Thursday-- what is one goal you want to achieve this year? Flashback Friday-- what is one new thing you have learned this week? Write a compliment for a classmate by their name (no repeats!) Name 3 traits of a great friend What is your favorite book you've read this year? Thankful Thursday-- what is 1 thing you are thankful for? Make it Monday-- what is 1 thing you've always wanted to create?' Top 2 Tuesday-- write your top 2 favorite things about the school year so far Compliment Circles This activity would pair well with morning meetings! You and the students sit in a circle with everyone's legs out straight. Begin the compliment circle by giving a compliment to someone. Once someone has been complimented they cross their legs. Compliments continue until everyone has received 1. I think this is a great way to encourage students to see each other in different ways! Create a Kindness Board I created this one for the visual it would provide to my students. Plus, I wanted them to point out kindness when they see it in others! This one is easy to implement: 1. Print out the letters and hang on a wall or bulletin board. 2. Print the "caught being kind" strips on various colors of paper (I used Astrobright paper). 3. Cut the strips apart and keep on hand for when students catch others being kind. 4. When students experience a kindness or act of friendship, they come and ask you for a "caught being kind" strip. They write down their experience. 5. Start a paper chain and add a new link every time someone catches others being kind! You can find this HERE in my TPT store! Here is another type of board with a similar theme (kindness): You can find these fall themed board HERE in my store! I hope you found these ideas to be useful to implement in your classroom! If you have any questions-- feel free to leave them in the comment section!
Product Information: This is a one page worksheet to introduce “hopes and dreams” for the new school year! It’s a great way to set the tone for the new school year! It has 4 spots to write/draw about: -One new thing I want to learn this year -One friend I'd like to get to know -One sport/activity I'd like to get better at this year -One subject in school I'd like to get better at this year! Related Resources Hopes and Dreams for the Year (by student) Hopes and Dreams for the Year (by parent) New Years Goals (Hopes and Dreams for new year) Please leave a review! If this resource was helpful to your or your students, make sure to leave feedback on this resource! Each review that you submit helps YOU to earn FREE TPT CREDITS to use to buy other resources. I appreciate 5-star reviews and comments that help me improve my store! Terms and Conditions This resource was created by Laura Risdall. All rights are reserved by the author. With the purchase of this resource you have permission to print and copy it for single classroom use only, in person classrooms or online. Electronic sharing and distribution is prohibited. Please contact me with any questions at [email protected]. © 2021, Miz Riz Elementary Resources, By Laura Risdall https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Miz-Riz-Elementary-Resources Thank you, from the creator: Laura Risdall, Elementary and Online Teacher Minnesota, USA TPT: Miz Riz Elementary Resources Instagram: @minnesotateachermom Facebook: Miz Riz Elementary Resources YouTube: Laura Risdall Minnesota Teacher Mom Email: [email protected]
Developing a class vision at the beginning of the school year will give your students a voice and a stronger sense of our community.
Use the Grade Taken On stamp to collect data on what a student was graded on for a specific lesson or activity. The Mrs. D's Rubber Stamp Collection not only helps teachers and service providers collect data and progress monitor IEP goals and student work, but it helps to foster and create a strong teacher-parent relationship where everyone is on the same page. No more surprises at IEP meetings or parent conferences! About the Stamp: Size: 1.3" x 1.3" Colors (choose 1): red, blue, black, green, purple Self-inking with refillable ink pads Our Story: When I taught in a self-contained classroom setting, I quickly realized the disconnect between myself and the families I serviced. I could send home a work sample from that day, knowing how the child completed the work in inclusion with a peer mentor, but when that work was sent home - the parent had no of this knowledge. I needed a quick, simple way to bridge that school-home communication gap, and that's when I created the Communication Stickers (which you can read more about here). Fast forward a few years, I had the opportunity to turn the best selling stickers into self-inking rubber stamps... and the rest is history! Shipping Details: This is a physical product that will be shipped to you. Please allow 1-3 business days for order processing. Once your order is processed, it will be shipped using the method of delivery you selected during checkout. Shipping is determined at checkout based on your location. To see our shipping policy, go here. To see our refund policy go here.
New to responsive classroom? Or are you looking for a new responsive classroom inspired activity? This is the perfect back to school activity that you and your students will love. I like to start each year by helping my students brainstorm their hopes and dreams for the school year! I start this activity by reading a story that inspires them to think about their goals. Then, as a class, we brainstorm some goals for the school year, as well as actionable steps we can take to accomplish those goals. Students will do independent brainstorming, and then will write a draft before publishing their hopes and dreams on kite or balloon paper. I then allow students to decorate their kite or balloon in anyway they would like. I take a picture of my students pretending to fly their balloon or kite, and then display the hopes and dreams on a bulletin board. I keep it up all year so we can reflect on our progress from time to time! Included In This Pack: - Brainstorming page - Rough Draft Page - 4 kite templates (one with only lines, one with space for a picture and writing, and one blank template for students to just draw their hopes/dreams) - 4 balloon templates (one with only lines, one with space for a picture and writing, and one blank template for students to just draw their hopes/dreams)
Do you kids need a break during transitions or intense instruction? Do you want quick, easy, and fun cards to use in your classroom? This is the product for you! All you have to do is print them and get started - your students will thank you! Add some everyday movement and fun to your classroom.
Pass the Clap - A Fun Game for all ages! This is a great game for team building. with many benefits in the classroom, and plenty of giggles, too!
This circle of control activity teaches students the difference between what is inside their control and what is outside of their control.
Morning Meeting helps to foster a strong classroom community amongst your students, but planning meaningful experiences everyday is hard! So I did it for you! This product is in Google Slides format. It includes 40 weeks of morning meeting google slide presentations complete with a planned greeting, sharing (two options) , activity and message template for each day of the week! Each of the 40 weeks is aligned to a social/ emotional learning theme. These morning meetings were thoughtfully planned to integrate building social, emotional, and academic skills in fun interactive experience! *This product is updated with modified greetings and activities for virtual learning and social distancing in the classroom! This update will be available by the end of the week for you to download after purchasing!* Try Week 24 Teamwork for FREE! (powerpoint version) Powerpoint Version of Morning Meeting 40 Weeks What is included in this product? 40 weeks of planned morning meetings, 200 days! Detailed plan of all 40 weeks of morning meetings for you Morning message editable templates Sharing editable templates Expectations for each part of morning meeting templates & examples Frequently asked questions explained There are more than 64 morning meeting greetings, unique sharing 200 morning meeting share topics, and over 100 morning meeting activities. What does each week look like? For each day ( Monday - Friday) there is: greeting (2 addition versions of directions for virtual learning & social distancing) sharing (2 versions- a prompt or an editable slide to input your students' names) activity (2 addition versions of directions for virtual learning & social distancing) message template *if a greeting or activity requires you to prep ahead of time, I put an alternative for that day because we all know sometimes life happens and you don't have time! Download the preview to see more information about how to use this product! Each week is aligned to a social/ emotional learning theme. There is more information in the product to explain how this works. The following is a breakdown of the themes by week. They can be used out of order if you want! Week 1- Getting to Know Each Other Week 2- Getting to Know Each Other Week 3- Teamwork Week 4- Self Awareness Week 5- Respect Week 6- Self Control Week 7- Teamwork Week 8- Leadership Week 9- Good Sportsmanship Week 10- Teamwork Week 11- Respect Week 12- Kindness Week 13- Self Control Week 14- Perseverance Week 15- Assertiveness Week 16- Creativity Week 17- Teamwork Week 18- Growth Mindset Week 19- Self Control Week 20- Good Sportsmanship Week 21- Assertiveness Week 22- Creativity Week 23- Perseverance Week 24- Teamwork TRY FOR FREE! Week 25- Assertiveness Week 26- Self Control Week 27- Creativity Week 28- Kindness Week 29- Teamwork Week 30- Perseverance Week 31- Good Sportsmanship Week 32- Self Awareness Week 33- Teamwork Week 34- Creativity Week 35- Growth Mindset Week 36- Self Control Week 37- Teamwork Week 38- Respect Week 39- End of The Year Week 40- End of The Year Your purchase will give you a PDF file with the Google Drive Access link. If you need help accessing the files, I am happy to direct you! Do you want your meetings to be seasonally themed? Check out my pre-planned digital meetings similar to this program but with seasonal content! September Pre-Planned Morning Meetings Any questions you have or if you want help with implementing the program, or just one specific greeting/ activity please contact me at [email protected] or message me on Instagram at Lessons_by_the_lake. I am so passionate about morning meeting in classrooms, I am happy to help!! Check out my other morning meeting products! Morning Meeting Greeting Cards Morning Meeting Greetings- monthly themed BUNDLE Morning Meeting Greeting Digital Slides Morning Meeting Activity Cards Morning Meeting Activities- monthly themed BUNDLE Morning Meeting Digital Activity Slides Morning Meeting Sharing Cards Morning Meeting Sharing Digital Slides Morning Meeting 40 WEEKS of planned meetings with social emotional themes Enjoy these freebies! ONE WEEK planned digital morning meetings Morning Meeting Planning Template Morning Meeting 10 FREE Activities
The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!
It's hard to talk to students without making it a lecture. Empower students while you teach them about respect using hands on activities
Five simple ways to tweak morning meetings for upper elementary to help build a strong class community and student-student relationships.
Starting on the first day of school, students wait excitedly at the door for PE to begin. And as soon as they see me, they always pepper me with questions: "What are we doing today?" "Can we play Excuse Me, Tag?" "Can we go full speed now?" "When are we going to be able to use the stilts?"They want to move, move, move!
Closing Circle in the classroom The end of the day used to be chaotic for my students and me. I would be teaching, and suddenly the bell would ring. We would rush to pack up all our belongings. Students would forget to stack their chairs, leave homework on top of their desk, and leave the […]
Everything you need to introduce the C.A.R.E.S. values in your classroom! This is a 7-Day Unit which includes an introduction lesson, daily lessons of the C.A.R.E.S. values of Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy and Self-Control, and a debrief lesson with awesome printables and a whole c...
Responsive Classroom ~ The Morning Meeting is a component of the Responsive Classroom’s approach to behavior and discipline. This item is a brief snapshot of the program to help teachers get started. This item has everything you need to begin implementing the Morning Meeting quickly and to give you a basic understanding of the Morning Meeting process. The Morning Meeting has 4 components. 1. The Greeting 2. Share 3. Group Activity 4. Morning Message Included: ~ A two page schedule sign for the four components of the Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting for teachers to hang up as a guide. ~ Twelve color coordinated idea cards for Morning Meetings; 2 cards with ideas for Greetings, 3 cards with ideas for Share component, 1 card with ideas for group activities, 1 card with ideas for closure of morning meeting and a coloring sheet for students. These idea cards can be printed in color, laminated and put on a ring to use as you begin using the Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting Agenda.
Looking for ways to spice up your morning meeting with the best greetings and activities? Try the morning meeting greetings and activities on a ring OR pop open the morning meeting Google Slides greetings and activities for the same amount of fun! How to Use the Morning Meeting Greetings and Activities: Each day during your responsive classroom morning meeting, you can do one greeting and one activity. I like to keep the greeting and activity the same all week so I only have to explain the directions on Monday, but once students know most of the activities, you can spice it up and change the activity each day. Once students are used to your morning meeting routine, you can allow a student to run your morning meeting. They can then pick from the greetings and activities themselves for you to use! What is Included in the Morning Meeting Greetings and Activities: 23 Morning Meeting Greetings PRINTABLE 17 Morning Meeting Activities PRINTABLE 23 Morning Meeting Greetings Google Slides 17 Morning Meeting Activities Google Slides Morning Meeting PRINTABLE VERSION: I like to print the morning meeting greetings and activities, laminate them and attach them to binder rings for quick and easy use each morning. The activities are also GREAT ideas for indoor recess games. Morning Meeting GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION: You can display the digital version of the morning meeting greetings and activities on any smart board or using any projector to your class day after day. This makes it easy for the class to vote upon which activity/greeting to do each day. You can also copy and paste the slides into your own deck for the day. Looking for other resources for morning meeting? Check these out: Morning Meeting Greetings & Activities Quote of the Day for Morning Message Student of the Week Project Traveling Class Mascot Project Friday Letters You can also connect with me for first access to my resources, giveaways and FREEBIES via: Email | Website | Instagram | Facebook | Teachers Pay Teachers Enjoy! Don't forget to leave feedback on all paid purchases for future credit toward free resources.
Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.
When students are taught the rules and the expectations and know the consequences, management of student behavior will be smooth sailing.
