Have you started
This all relates to a positive classroom environment and if you need some help with building a positive classroom environment, you can read all about it on my Classroom Economy post!
Morning Meeting Book
So did your principal hand you a book called Morning Meeting and say “GO!” Mine did.
I am so glad she did it. At first, I was like NO WAY! I don’t want another thing on my plate but then I researched SEL
I think it was beneficial for me in the end, but I love that it opened doors for
We need to provide more social-emotional help to students that are struggling and need help. They may need help so they can feel like they belong. Imagine all of the students that could connect with and make such a difference with!
Sharing Ideas for Morning Meeting
Creating a morning meeting culture in the classroom is so incredibly important. Today I want to tell you all about how morning meeting sharing may the best part of your day.
The Science Behind It
In your brain, you have a piece called the amygdala. The amygdala is the part that is telling you as a person to fight, flight, or freeze. And it’s going to do one or the other. If you feel like this as an adult, why wouldn’t a child feel like this as well? If a student is in an uncomfortable position, they will have their amygdala rapid firing. It will have the students practically shut down on you. Unfortunately, that means that they will not learn. They will not process what you are teaching them because their amygdala is firing off.
How can you calm the amygdala during Morning Meeting Share Time?
You probably have heard by now that you must build relationships with
Morning Meeting Share Ideas
Welcome to the sharing portion of the morning meeting. Morning Meeting has so many great benefits and one of my favorite benefits is how calm students become. I have noticed that students tend to relax more because they are less stressed by the atmosphere. Their anxiety will calm down immensely because they are aware of the classroom and aware of the teachers along with the students in your classroom.
It is time for you to start sharing your life. Now let me add this disclaimer… don’t be an oversharer. Seriously. You don’t want the kids talking about how you were drinking the night before, or how you had a fight with your husband. That is being an oversharer. Be a proper sharer. Think about your phrases like this “Will my principal get mad?” “Would parents get mad?”
Sharing is going to be crucial for your classroom and yes, you will have to share. This will help calm down that amygdala with the littles. Now here is the big question- what in the world are you going to share?
Academic Vs. SEL Morning Meeting Share Ideas
Notice that the picture above is pretty basic. However, a lot of things are coming out of that one picture. First, it is giving you insight into exactly what kind of emotion they may be feeling on that very first day of school. On top of that, the students will actually share with you their WHY. Getting students to explain why is incredibly important for students because it recognizes that they are being heard.
Ready for some SEL morning meeting share ideas? Have students recognize some of their strengths and weaknesses within each subject. Even if you are someone that teaches only one or two subjects- allow them to recognize their own strengths and weaknesses about multiple subjects.
The students will be discussing their feelings. This relates to the SEL portion of morning meetings. However, the fact that students are recognizing their
Notice the box in the top right corner?
This is so important for the teacher because you want to be able to hit each section of the CASEL frame. I love to stick with one part of the frame each week. For example, week 1 will be all about getting to know you activities and week 2 will be different self-awareness questions. Each week you can change it based on the different SEL categories.
The Healthy Balance
There needs to be a healthy balance between academical and social learning. If you are hosting morning meetings 5 days a week, try to follow the schedule below. You can change it up each week and you are not tied down to a specific schedule
| Week 1 | Week 2 | |
| Monday | Social Emotional Question | Academic Question |
| Tuesday | Academic Question | Social-Emotional Question |
| Wednesday | Social-Emotional Question | Academic Question |
| Thursday | Academic Question | Social-Emotional Question |
| Friday | Social-Emotional Question | Academic Question |
If you host 3 days a week, you can try the schedule below.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | |
| Monday | Social-Emotional Question | Academic Question |
| Wednesday | Academic Question | Social-Emotional Question |
| Friday | Social-Emotional Question | Academic Question |
You have two amazing options! The first one is to download the first ten days of sharing using the link below. The second is to check out my TpT and get the entire year’s worth of sharing, greetings, activities, and messages! If you are hesitant, try the first ten days of sharing and see what a difference your classroom will look like.
