MORNING MEETING
The Structure of Morning Meeting
- GREETING
- SHARING
- GROUP ACTIVITY
- NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (Chart)
Rationale for Morning Meeting
- This had a significant effect on student attitudes, productivity, engagement in learning, and academic achievement.
The Influence of Morning Meeting
- Helps students develop cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility, empathy, and self-control
Building Community
- Ideas to Help
- Involve Everyone
- Wipe the Slate Clean - Focus on the positive
- Recognize Successes - Positive energy
- Don’t Stop There - Community involvement/Working together
Building Bridges
- Before you begin - Introduce good friendship
- Bridging the friendship gap - Learn about other students
- Building bridge models - Promote cooperation, respect, and stronger friendships
- Friendship Bulletin Board - Compare friendship to a bridge (“Suspended by Friendship”)
- Balancing Act - Activity (Supporting others)
- Graphing Common Interests - Share common interests and put them on the bulletin board
- Beam-bridge Job Chart - The classroom should work together to help the school day flow smoothly
- Friendship Booklets - Make booklets about themselves and compare interests with their friends
- Extending the theme - Continue with the theme/Encourage students to keep journals to record all that they learn during the process
Sylvia Allan ~ Guest Speaker
Monday, January 27, 2014
This was a very informative event. Sylvia is energetic and so positive in her approach, not only in using Morning Meetings in her classroom, but in life. I felt she gave us an honest example to the benefits to using Morning Meetings. I plan to use Morning Meetings, it will aid in building a classroom community and a positive atmosphere for everyone. Sylvia also suggested having a class cheer and coming together, in a huddle, when using the cheer!
I love how visually appealing your postings are! This makes me want to keep coming back to see what you have posted! Please add some PERSONAL reflection... using "I" statements ("I believe this because..." or "This concerns me because in my experience... " or "I am excited about doing this...." or "I want to be this way..." or "In my experience, this is difficult to acheive..." or "I know how this feels because..." Two points for every posting are just for that kind of personal reflection. 2 points for it addressing what you have studied, and one point for posting "on time." 3 pts.
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