B UILDING C LASSROOM C OMMUNITY WITH M ORNING M EETINGS

P RESENTED BY … Micca Lane- Kindergarten Jennifer Burton- Grade 5 Kathryn Thompson- Curriculum Manager

W HAT DO STUDENTS LEARN DURING A MORNING MEETING ? Building Relationships Contributing to the Classroom Community Etiquette Following Directions Speaking and Listening Skills Daily News Spiral Review of Multiple Concepts Exploring Vocabulary Daily Edit Fluency Set Agenda for the Day

H OW DOES MM BUILD COMMUNITY ? Greeting: Start meeting with hand shake or other type of greeting. (Examples) Communicate: Teach students how to take turns speaking in the group, reflect on what is shared, and how to respond with respect. Interview: Teach students to tell a story using interesting details. Then the audience practices “Comments and Questions” relevant to the story shared. Share & Respond: Students share journal entries, current events and other items for discussion. Set Expectations: Review the agenda and learning objectives for the day. Ready-Set-Go!

T HERE ARE M ANY C OMPONENTS OF A M ORNING M EETING : Calendar Activities / Math Spiral Review Morning Message / Editing Practice Word Work= Vocab., Spelling, Grammar Interview Peer Share and Response (journal, read aloud, current events)

M ICCA L ANE - K INDERGARTEN I NTERVIEW What are two strategies you noticed and would like to try?

J ENNIFER B URTON - G RADE 5 P EER S HARE What do you notice about how students interact with each other in the group?

W HAT “ WORD WORK ” CAN BE DONE DURING MORNING MEETING ? Sight Word Practice Rhyme Families Spelling Rules Parts of Speech Word of the Day- Introducing New Vocab. Vocabulary Spiral Review Elaborating Simple Sentences Fluency Practice

W HAT DO STUDENTS LEARN DURING M ORNING M ESSAGE ? writing is speech written down proper letter formation upper and lower case letter recognition associating letters and sounds reading of common sight words spacing punctuation editing marks parts of speech to look for patterns within words (word families) roots, prefixes, suffixes synonyms and antonyms fluency practice

W HAT MATH CONCEPTS CAN BE INCLUDED IN “ CALENDAR ACTIVITIES ”? Calendar Activities Telling Time-analog, digital, elapsed Money Concepts Weather-graphing weather Place Value / Base Ten Rounding Odd & Even Counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 100’s, etc Patterns Anything and Everything!

A FEW EXAMPLES OF AMAZING MORNING MEETING WALLS …

C ALENDAR A CTIVITIES (C ALENDAR M ATH ) How many different concepts do you see integrated into one morning meeting for spiral review?

Y OU DON ’ T HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE FORMAT ! After you have established the rules and routines for participating, try changing the format: Monday: Journal Share Tuesday: Calendar Activities Wednesday: Morning Message Thursday: Word Work Friday: Calendar Activities Or do a Morning Message everyday, but change the topic each day of the week: Weekend Update, Reading Connection, Science, Current Events, Real World Math.

H OW TO PREPARE FOR M ORNING M EETING : *These are some things you might need: Place to Meet- Can join on the carpet or move chairs into circle around desks. Plan and Practice your Transitions Plan Greeting, Morning Message, Discussion Topic Create Activity Cards Object to pass for taking turns Create Changeable Charts: Calendar, Weather, Jobs, etc. (for younger grades)

R ESOURCES : GETTING STARTED procedures/class-meetings A GAZILLION GREETINGS, MORNING MESSAGES & ACTIVITIES Morning+Meeting I HAVE- WHO HAS? (Loop Games)

W HAT TYPE OF MORNING MEETING WORKS FOR YOU ? You now have time to process and plan how you would like to introduce morning meeting in your classroom.