Morning Meeting is a fun and welcoming way to start our day. It helps us build a caring classroom community and get ready to learn. Each morning, we gather in a circle for about 20–30 minutes to take part in four meaningful activities together.

The Four Components of Morning Meeting

1. Greeting: Students and teachers greet one another by name.

2. Sharing: Students share information about important events in their lives. Listeners often offer empathetic comments or ask clarifying questions.

3. Group activity: Everyone participates in a brief, lively activity that fosters group cohesion and helps students practice social and academic skills (for example, reciting a poem, dancing, singing, or playing a game).

4. Morning message: Students read and interact with a short message written by their teacher. The teacher crafts the message to help students focus on the work they’ll do in school that day.

Goals of Morning Meeting

• Set the tone for respectful and engaged learning in a climate of trust

• Build positive community by fulfilling students’ need to belong, feel significant, and have fun

• Model and practice social-emotional skills

• Review or practice academic skills or content in a way that gets students interested in the learning to come