If you walked into our classroom on any given morning, you would find my students sitting in what we call a "Morning Meeting Circle". While we are in our morning meeting circle, we have a greeting, share/question time, and read a morning message.
For example, our morning meeting this week is started off with the ball toss greeting. In this greeting, my students and I are standing in a circle. A student tosses a ball to someone in the circle, greets that person by saying, "Good morning, ____" and they greet them back by saying, "Good morning, ____". After our greeting, I ask a volunteer to read our morning message. We discuss any happenings of our day. A morning message is great, especially at the beginning of the year when everything is new! It gives them ease to have a peek at our day. After the message, I ask if anyone has something they would like to share. If a student shares something (it can be anything they want), there is a chance for up to 3 questions from anyone in the circle.
The last part of our morning meeting is the "News Book" (which actually comes from Jill Eggleton). I record something that someone has shared during morning meeting, write it down in the News Book, and the next day that student will draw a picture to match what they shared. See pictures below:
How do you run Morning Meeting in your classroom? What would you do differently? I would love to hear how it looks in your room!
If you don't have The Morning Meeting Book by Roxann Kriete & Carol Davis, it is a must read when beginning morning meeting in your classroom!
