Morning Meeting

March 3, 2022
Bethany
Bailey
1st grade
(Jean
Piaget)
Introduction

My name is Bethany
Bailey. I plan to
teach 1st grade in any
content area.
 Good morning 2nd grade!
This morning we will be
moving around the room and
shaking everyone’s hands
to help us learn
everyone’s names.

Remember: eye contact and

speak clearly!
 Questions
● 1. This type of greeting
1. How does the can help children learn
greeting set a positive names.
tone and provide a
● 2. The teacher can make
sense of recognition? sure that there is no
2. How does the running/bumping or
rushing.
teacher manage
behavior during the ● 3. The children are
greeting? learning how to hold eye
contact, speak clearly,
3. What social skills and give a firm
are children learning handshake.
and/or practicing
during greeting?
Sharing
Comments and
questions are
Now, we will be encouraged! Get to
sharing. We will go know your friends!
around the circle and
share what we did
over the weekend.
Then, if anyone has
and comments or
questions for
someone, we will ask!

How can we show that we’re

Remember: speak listening?
clearly!
Questions
1. What social skills are
the sharers practicing?
2. What social skills
are the listeners
practicing?
3. What are the
community-building
elements to sharing?
1. The sharers are
learning to speak
clearly and hold eye
contact.
2.The listeners are
learning to give
their full undivided
attention to who is
sharing.
3.I believe that sharing
creates a safe place for
children to trust their
peers.
 Group Activity
Now, we will be
playing Going on a We will be taking turns
Picnic! saying what we will be
bringing on our picnic,
but there will be a rule.

- Yellow items
- Red items
- Round items
- Fruits
- vegetables
Source:
https://cassiedahl.com/10-morning-meeting-ac
tivities/
Questions
1. How does the teacher introduce
this activity?
2. What routines and behaviors did
children need to learn in order to be
successful with this activity?
3. What are the
community-building elements of
this activity?
1.The teacher can introduce this
activity by naming an item that
they’re taking to the picnic and then
asking the children what they will be
taking. Then, we will introduce the
rules.
2.The children should be able to
speak clearly and also remember
what other children have already
said.
3.The children can laugh
with each other and trust
each other.
Morning Message es i
t
d o
What o be a
t
Good morning mean riend?
f
classmates! good

Today is March 3, 2022.

We will be going to
music and P.E. today.
This morning we will be
talking about how to be
a good friend. We will
be writing down traits .
and discussing after!
 Questions
1.What academic skills are children
practicing as they read and work
with the message before the
meeting? During the meeting?
2. In what ways does the content of
the message support the academic
curriculum and engage the learners?
3. What does the teacher do to
manage behavior during the work
with the message?
1.Children are practicing to
be good listeners, readers,
and writers.
2.This Morning Message is telling
us what we will be doing that day
(leaving the classroom) and it
encourages them to think about
their own friends while they
write, creating a sense of
community.
3.The teacher can tell the
students to stay quiet that
way the children can come up
with their own answers and to
only speak when called on.