Morning Meeting is an excellent tool to incorporate Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) into every student's school day. Morning Meeting is a 5-15 minute time set aside to gather as a class to practice greetings, talk about feelings, model & learn coping strategies, and set goals. It provides a safe environment for students to connect and build trust, a sense of belonging and community, and practice interpersonal skills & relationship building. Below are a few resources to help get Morning Meeting started in your classroom!
This is a nice universal tool to use for morning meeting to get a read on student's feelings each morning & to have them self-reflect and identify their feelings.
The CASEL SEL handbook is a nice resource for getting started with Morning Meeting and includes engagement activity ideas.
Here are 100 engagement questions to use for Morning Meeting.
Online Resources for Morning Meeting:
Responsive Classroom: is an evidence-based approach to teaching and discipline for teachers that creates safe, joyful, and engaging classrooms and school communities. The site contains resources including articles, printable resources, videos and webinars.
The First Five: Sign up to receive a FREE daily resource that arrives in your email inbox every morning at 7AM EST. The daily email contains practical ideas and activities that are perfect for the first five minutes of class time. 18+ NEW activities and ideas each day focused on building classroom connections, self-care, care for others, and the development of character. You can choose from a PK-5th or 6-12th First Five.