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Goal
Goal
Know
Know
The key components of Morning Meetings
The key components of Morning Meetings
Understand
Understand
Morning Meetings serve as powerful opportunities to nurture connectivity and enhance the overall learning community.
Morning Meetings serve as powerful opportunities to nurture connectivity and enhance the overall learning community.
Do
Do
Apply strategies when planning and facilitating engaging virtual Morning Meetings.
Apply strategies when planning and facilitating engaging virtual Morning Meetings.
Content
Content
Before
Before
Last spring, our staff used Zoom to hold class meetings to continue the relationships established in our classroom throughout the year, support students' mental health, and to be together as a community of learners. Let’s begin our exploration of Virtual Morning Meetings by reflecting back on our experiences this spring. What were your class meetings like? What worked well for you? What was difficult? What strategies or activities did you embed into your class meetings?
Last spring, our staff used Zoom to hold class meetings to continue the relationships established in our classroom throughout the year, support students' mental health, and to be together as a community of learners. Let’s begin our exploration of Virtual Morning Meetings by reflecting back on our experiences this spring. What were your class meetings like? What worked well for you? What was difficult? What strategies or activities did you embed into your class meetings?
Please use this Padlet link to create a post to share your experiences with Virtual Class Meetings: https://padlet.com/gadams22/lfne0dokzn25ivtu.
Please use this Padlet link to create a post to share your experiences with Virtual Class Meetings: https://padlet.com/gadams22/lfne0dokzn25ivtu.
Don’t forget that we already have valuable knowledge on this topic, and we can learn from each other’s experiences!
Don’t forget that we already have valuable knowledge on this topic, and we can learn from each other’s experiences!
During
During
7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure
7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure
We are all professional relationship builders when we have the opportunity to meet with students face-to-face in our classrooms. Remote learning poses a unique set of challenges in building and maintaining those relationships.
We are all professional relationship builders when we have the opportunity to meet with students face-to-face in our classrooms. Remote learning poses a unique set of challenges in building and maintaining those relationships.
Posted in March, the Edutopia article linked below highlights different virtual relationship building strategies that can be implemented by teachers. It builds the “compelling why” and provides some answers of “how” the goal of developing positive relationships between all can be achieved in a virtual setting.
Posted in March, the Edutopia article linked below highlights different virtual relationship building strategies that can be implemented by teachers. It builds the “compelling why” and provides some answers of “how” the goal of developing positive relationships between all can be achieved in a virtual setting.
As you read the article, consider:
As you read the article, consider:
Which strategies have I already tried?
Which strategies have I already tried?
Which strategy/strategies might I want to try?
Which strategy/strategies might I want to try?
How could these strategies be included in a Morning Meeting?
How could these strategies be included in a Morning Meeting?
How could these strategies be modified to fit the context of the beginning of the year?
How could these strategies be modified to fit the context of the beginning of the year?
Click on the image below to read the article.
Click on the image below to read the article.
After
After
Depending on your experience with Virtual Morning Meetings and the goals you have for your own learning, choose one of the two following options:
Depending on your experience with Virtual Morning Meetings and the goals you have for your own learning, choose one of the two following options:
Option 1: Explore Morning Meeting Routines
Option 1: Explore Morning Meeting Routines
Everyone may implement a Morning Meeting with their own particular style, but the general components of the meeting are similar. These components are important for establishing a routine and to help participants know what to expect; particularly with the delivery being through Zoom.
Everyone may implement a Morning Meeting with their own particular style, but the general components of the meeting are similar. These components are important for establishing a routine and to help participants know what to expect; particularly with the delivery being through Zoom.
Morning Meeting Components:
Morning Meeting Components:
Expectations and Norms
Expectations and Norms
Greeting/Check-In
Greeting/Check-In
Sharing
Sharing
Activity
Activity
Announcements/Message
Announcements/Message
The following are blogs posts about how different teachers put these components into practice during their virtual meetings. Choose 2-3 links to explore. As you are reading, consider how the different elements meet the goal of building and nurturing relationships, and consider what strategies or activities you might want to try for your own Morning Meeting.
The following are blogs posts about how different teachers put these components into practice during their virtual meetings. Choose 2-3 links to explore. As you are reading, consider how the different elements meet the goal of building and nurturing relationships, and consider what strategies or activities you might want to try for your own Morning Meeting.
~OR~
~OR~
Option 2: Dig Deeper into the Parts of Morning Meeting
Option 2: Dig Deeper into the Parts of Morning Meeting
Choose 1 or 2 of the Morning Meeting components you are interested in learning more about. View the Google Slides of each component to read more behind the rationale and to get some new ideas for your toolbox!
Choose 1 or 2 of the Morning Meeting components you are interested in learning more about. View the Google Slides of each component to read more behind the rationale and to get some new ideas for your toolbox!
4th Grade Example:
4th Grade Example:
Here’s a look at how a fourth grade teacher at Elmwood incorporated the components to create a Morning Meeting that fits her teaching style and meets the needs of her students.
Here’s a look at how a fourth grade teacher at Elmwood incorporated the components to create a Morning Meeting that fits her teaching style and meets the needs of her students.
Interaction/Try-out/Sandbox
Interaction/Try-out/Sandbox
Create a “Morning Meeting” Google Slideshow or PowerPoint template to use this year with your students.
Create a “Morning Meeting” Google Slideshow or PowerPoint template to use this year with your students.
Think about the different components and which parts you believe are important to include. How can you make your Morning Meeting fit your grade-level and your classroom?
Think about the different components and which parts you believe are important to include. How can you make your Morning Meeting fit your grade-level and your classroom?
Explore Additional Resources for Online Morning Meetings
Explore Additional Resources for Online Morning Meetings
Evidence
Evidence
Here are a few ways you could document your learning on your Individual Professional Learning Plan:
Here are a few ways you could document your learning on your Individual Professional Learning Plan:
Share a link or file upload of your Morning Meeting slides template.
Share a link or file upload of your Morning Meeting slides template.
Briefly describe your plan for building community through your Morning Meeting.
Briefly describe your plan for building community through your Morning Meeting.
Special thanks to Grace Adams and Linda Baughman for creating this module.
Special thanks to Grace Adams and Linda Baughman for creating this module.
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