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Who would win in a battle: a bear with fins or a shark with paws? Nothing quite starts an exciting morning conversation like trying to answer that one!

If you're a teacher, you can greatly appreciate how a fun question of the day for students can help light up a room full of students, especially when they go back to school.

In this blog post, we've compiled more than 100 questions of the day that are perfect conversation starters for elementary school and high school students.

Use this list from the first day of school all school year long and never scramble for morning meeting icebreaker questions again.

Plus, at the end of this page, you can download a free printable PDF of every fun question of the day to keep handy at your desk.

Favorite thing questions

Sharing favorites is a simple way to for getting to your your students, and have your students get to know each other!

They're especially great for elementary school students.

Morning questions for students

Start your morning with stimulating questions that get students talking!

1. What would you want your superpower to be? How would you use it?

2. What rule do you think everyone in the world should have to obey? Why?

3. What special skills do you have? How could you teach them to other people?

4. What are three things that kids can do to help make the world a better place?

5. If you made up a new board game, what would it be like? How would people play it?

6. What three words best describe your personality? Why did you pick each of these words?

7. When you feel angry or upset, what do you do to help yourself feel better? Does it always help?

8. What does joy feel like? How would you describe joy to someone who has never experienced it?

9. If you decided to write a book, what would it be about? How would you make it interesting to readers?

10. What do you wish your friends would say to you so that you would know for sure that they really like you?

11. What items that are in your room at home could you use to build a fort? Describe how you'd put it together.

12. What is something that you thought you could not do then found out that you really could do it? How did you feel when that happened?

Would you rather questions for kids

Sometimes the best way to get kids to answer questions is to ask them to choose between two things. To get them thinking, follow-up by asking them to explain their choice.

Questions about students' school days

Do you ever get discouraged or frustrated when students give one-word answers like "good" or yup"?

Open-ended questions of the day like the ones below are a fun way to help kids - especially middle school and high school students - go deeper.

Try them out! Students do get excited about what they're learning. Sometimes you just need to reframe the questions to get more detailed answers.

Social-emotional learning questions for students

Sprinkle these questions throughout your year to promote a healthy social-emotional learning environment.

1. What would your perfect after-school playdate be like?

2. What is the nicest thing a classmate has said to you? How did you respond?

3. Who is your best friend? What is it about that person that you like the most?

4. What would be your ideal birthday celebration? Describe what it would be like.

5. Have you ever felt left out by your siblings or the kids at school? What was that like?

6. If a new student joined your class, what could you do or say to help them feel welcome?

7. If someone wants to become your friend, what would be the best way for that person to let you know?

8. If you could spend a day with a character from a book, TV show or movie, who would you choose? Why?

9. Which one of your friends do your parents like the best? What is it about that friend that your parents like?

10. What are the best places for kids your age to make friends other than school? Why are these good options?

11. Have you ever made a special effort to include a classmate with your group of friends? How would you go about doing this?

Questions to ask kids about their family

In a diverse classroom, the concept of "family" carries many connotations, both positive and negative.

So, it's important to be mindful of your unique group of students before posing a class-wide question that you know might cause discomfort.

More fun question of the day for kids inspiration

Keep the list of questions at your desk!

Bonus: randomly generated questions of the day for students

If you go through all of the questions above or simply want to find more, there are some awesome question-of-the-day resources at your fingertips.

To give you an idea of the types of questions you can find using these online tools, we've added a list below!
ESL conversation starters

How do you like to spend your free time?

What kind of video game system do you have?

Do you play, or want to learn how to play, any instruments?

Pre-made question wheel

What are you most afraid of and why?

Are books a waste of time? Why or why not?

If you had a time machine, would you go to the past or the future? Why?

Would you rather question generator

Would you rather wear no underwear or no socks for a year?

Would you rather have neighbors who were noisy or neighbors who were nosy?

Would you rather be a multi-millionaire in 1900 or a middle-class person today?

Additional resources for going back to school and beyond

Have you tried Prodigy Math or Prodigy English?

They're fun and engaging game-based learning platforms that help your students love learning! Plus they're standards-aligned, adaptive and do all the grading for you.

Who would win in a battle: a bear with fins or a shark with paws? Nothing quite starts an exciting morning conversation like trying to answer that one!

If you're a teacher, you can greatly appreciate how a fun question of the day for students can help light up a room full of students, especially when they go back to school.

In this blog post, we've compiled more than 100 questions of the day that are perfect conversation starters for elementary school and high school students.

Use this list from the first day of school all school year long and never scramble for morning meeting icebreaker questions again.

Plus, at the end of this page, you can download a free printable PDF of every fun question of the day to keep handy at your desk.

Favorite thing questions

Sharing favorites is a simple way to for getting to your your students, and have your students get to know each other!

They're especially great for elementary school students.

Morning questions for students

Start your morning with stimulating questions that get students talking!

1. What would you want your superpower to be? How would you use it?

2. What rule do you think everyone in the world should have to obey? Why?

3. What special skills do you have? How could you teach them to other people?

4. What are three things that kids can do to help make the world a better place?

5. If you made up a new board game, what would it be like? How would people play it?

6. What three words best describe your personality? Why did you pick each of these words?

7. When you feel angry or upset, what do you do to help yourself feel better? Does it always help?

8. What does joy feel like? How would you describe joy to someone who has never experienced it?

9. If you decided to write a book, what would it be about? How would you make it interesting to readers?

10. What do you wish your friends would say to you so that you would know for sure that they really like you?

11. What items that are in your room at home could you use to build a fort? Describe how you'd put it together.

12. What is something that you thought you could not do then found out that you really could do it? How did you feel when that happened?

Would you rather questions for kids

Sometimes the best way to get kids to answer questions is to ask them to choose between two things. To get them thinking, follow-up by asking them to explain their choice.

Questions about students' school days

Do you ever get discouraged or frustrated when students give one-word answers like "good" or yup"?

Open-ended questions of the day like the ones below are a fun way to help kids - especially middle school and high school students - go deeper.

Try them out! Students do get excited about what they're learning. Sometimes you just need to reframe the questions to get more detailed answers.

Social-emotional learning questions for students

Sprinkle these questions throughout your year to promote a healthy social-emotional learning environment.

1. What would your perfect after-school playdate be like?

2. What is the nicest thing a classmate has said to you? How did you respond?

3. Who is your best friend? What is it about that person that you like the most?

4. What would be your ideal birthday celebration? Describe what it would be like.

5. Have you ever felt left out by your siblings or the kids at school? What was that like?

6. If a new student joined your class, what could you do or say to help them feel welcome?

7. If someone wants to become your friend, what would be the best way for that person to let you know?

8. If you could spend a day with a character from a book, TV show or movie, who would you choose? Why?

9. Which one of your friends do your parents like the best? What is it about that friend that your parents like?

10. What are the best places for kids your age to make friends other than school? Why are these good options?

11. Have you ever made a special effort to include a classmate with your group of friends? How would you go about doing this?

Questions to ask kids about their family

In a diverse classroom, the concept of "family" carries many connotations, both positive and negative.

So, it's important to be mindful of your unique group of students before posing a class-wide question that you know might cause discomfort.

More fun question of the day for kids inspiration

Keep the list of questions at your desk!

Bonus: randomly generated questions of the day for students

If you go through all of the questions above or simply want to find more, there are some awesome question-of-the-day resources at your fingertips.

To give you an idea of the types of questions you can find using these online tools, we've added a list below!
ESL conversation starters

How do you like to spend your free time?

What kind of video game system do you have?

Do you play, or want to learn how to play, any instruments?

Pre-made question wheel

What are you most afraid of and why?

Are books a waste of time? Why or why not?

If you had a time machine, would you go to the past or the future? Why?

Would you rather question generator

Would you rather wear no underwear or no socks for a year?

Would you rather have neighbors who were noisy or neighbors who were nosy?

Would you rather be a multi-millionaire in 1900 or a middle-class person today?

Additional resources for going back to school and beyond

Have you tried Prodigy Math or Prodigy English?

They're fun and engaging game-based learning platforms that help your students love learning! Plus they're standards-aligned, adaptive and do all the grading for you.

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Using for Distance Learning
Open to the greetings poster page and share your screen to help students show greetings to one another! A google drive version is included.
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One of my favorite quotes of all time is "If you want students to move mountains you must first let them get out of their chairs". And to that, I say preach. Perhaps it's one of the reasons I love morning meeting oh so much-becausd of its abiito to do justhat. Get students out of seats, get them moving-but also building a classroom community. Doesn't get much better than that.

Today I'm bringing you 10 morning meeting activities ideas that you can cycle through in your own classroom meetings. You can download this free printable morning meeting activities list here or just screen shot it or bookmark it for future reference!
Morning Meeting Activity #1: The Voice
This is an outside-the-box morning meeting activity idea. I love it because it encourages teamwork, attention to detail, and knowing your classmates well enough.

Morning Meeting Activity #2: Mystery Number
This concept can work with more than numbers, but I love this one because the concept is universal. It wins brownie points for reinforcing academic skills!

Morning Meeting Activity #3: The Hot Seat
Kids love asking questions just as much as they love to talk. Even better? Kids asking other kids questions. This one gets really fun 🙂

Morning Meeting Activity #4: Teacher Hot Seat
Not to be outdone by #3, Teacher Hot Seat is when students get to ask their burning questions. Make sure you definitely have a notebook in your morning meeting toolbox, because you will have some gems to share.

Morning Meeting Activity #5: Categories
This is a personal favorite of mine, and I think it's because of its versatility. Categorizing and putting things into groups is a skill students need anyway, so gamifying it is a win all around.

Morning Meeting Activity #6: Group Story
Strengthen student storytelling with this gem of a morning meeting activity. You can do this seasonally by telling a scary story for Halloween, for example. Record these stories to share with parents!

Morning Meeting Activity #7: Exercise Class
Like I started this out, movement is #goals in the classroom. I know your options are limited but you can be sure to get some wiggles out in a safe way.

Students love solving this real-life mystery. Give it a try and see just how clever your students are!

This one is fun! Students love hearing what others eat for breakfast, do after school, and read before bed. Humans are nosy by nature and kids are *definitely* no exception.

Morning Meeting Activity #10: From A to Z
Similar to Categories, this is a great overlap of academics and team-building. Give students an extra challenge by giving them a time limit and/or assigning a category before playing.

You can download a free week of upper or lower primary morning meeting here:

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One of my favorite quotes of all time is "If you want students to move mountains you must first let them get out of their chairs". And to that, I say preach. Perhaps it's one of the reasons I love morning meeting oh so much-becausd of its abiito to do justhat. Get students out of seats, get them moving-but also building a classroom community. Doesn't get much better than that.

Today I'm bringing you 10 morning meeting activities ideas that you can cycle through in your own classroom meetings. You can download this free printable morning meeting activities list here or just screen shot it or bookmark it for future reference!
Morning Meeting Activity #1: The Voice
This is an outside-the-box morning meeting activity idea. I love it because it encourages teamwork, attention to detail, and knowing your classmates well enough.

Morning Meeting Activity #2: Mystery Number
This concept can work with more than numbers, but I love this one because the concept is universal. It wins brownie points for reinforcing academic skills!

Morning Meeting Activity #3: The Hot Seat
Kids love asking questions just as much as they love to talk. Even better? Kids asking other kids questions. This one gets really fun 🙂

Morning Meeting Activity #4: Teacher Hot Seat
Not to be outdone by #3, Teacher Hot Seat is when students get to ask their burning questions. Make sure you definitely have a notebook in your morning meeting toolbox, because you will have some gems to share.

Morning Meeting Activity #5: Categories
This is a personal favorite of mine, and I think it's because of its versatility. Categorizing and putting things into groups is a skill students need anyway, so gamifying it is a win all around.

Morning Meeting Activity #6: Group Story
Strengthen student storytelling with this gem of a morning meeting activity. You can do this seasonally by telling a scary story for Halloween, for example. Record these stories to share with parents!

Morning Meeting Activity #7: Exercise Class
Like I started this out, movement is #goals in the classroom. I know your options are limited but you can be sure to get some wiggles out in a safe way.

Students love solving this real-life mystery. Give it a try and see just how clever your students are!

This one is fun! Students love hearing what others eat for breakfast, do after school, and read before bed. Humans are nosy by nature and kids are *definitely* no exception.

Morning Meeting Activity #10: From A to Z
Similar to Categories, this is a great overlap of academics and team-building. Give students an extra challenge by giving them a time limit and/or assigning a category before playing.

You can download a free week of upper or lower primary morning meeting here:

This site contains affiliate links. This simply means if you buy something using our link, we will receive a very small portion of the sales. The price of the item is the same whether it is an affiliate link or not. It is our promise to you that we only recommend products or services we believe will add value to our readers. By using the affiliate links, you are helping support our Website, and we genuinely appreciate your support.

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Sharing time during morning meeting is a fantastic way for students to get to know each other. It's also a great relationship builder between students and teachers. It can be tough to come up with new and original prompts so this extensive list will give you 105 morning meeting sharing ideas that you can use right awa.

Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas

1. What do you like daydreaming about?

2. What makes you happy?

3. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

4. What would be your dream job?

5. If you were a superhero, what would your name be? What powers would you have?

6. What makes you feel loved?

7. How do you show people you care?

8. Which school rule would you change?

9. If you could add a pet to your family, what would you add?

10. If you wrote a book, what would it be about?

11. Which board game/computer game/app is your favourite?

12. How do you help others?

13. Are you a morning or night person? Why?

14. Tell us about an interesting dream you've had.

15. What do you like most about school so far? What would you like to see changed?

16. Which hobby do you enjoy most?

17. What do you like to do outside?

18. Which season do you enjoy most?

19. What class do you wish we offered in school?

20. Name three things you cannot live without.

21. What three words would you use to describe yourself?

22. Who inspires you?

23. If you could give $100 to charity, which would you choose?

24. What strengths do you bring to our classroom? To the school?

25. Where would you like to travel?

26. If you started a band, what would the name be?

27. What makes you feel energized?

28. When do you get a chance to be a leader?

29. What is one thing you could do all day without stopping?

30. What's a memory that makes you happy?

31. If you could change one thing about your room, what would it be?

32. What bugs you?

33. What are three things you'd like to do this year?

34. How would you spend a day off from school?

35. What do you wish we did more often?

36. If you could design a new app, what would it do?

37. When do you laugh at school?

38. If you were a teacher, what would you teach?

39. What makes you awesome?

40. How do you like to be greeted?

41. What is your least favourite chore?

42. Describe your dream house.

43. What is your favourite storybook character?

44. What do you think is your hidden talent?

45. If you had to give your family members new names, what would they be?

46. What would you do if you made the rules at home?

47. How do you organize your room?

48. Do you like group work or individual work best?

49. What's a skill you would like to learn?

50. What helps you feel welcome?

51. Can money buy happiness?

52. What makes you curious?

53. When are you most creative?

54. What is your proudest moment so far?

55. If you could travel back three years and visit your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?

56. What makes you feel brave?

57. If you could give one gift to every single child in the world, what gift would you give?

58. Where is your favourite place in the world?

59. What is the hardest thing about being a kid?

60. What is the best gift you have ever given? Why was it so special?

61. If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?

62. Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?

63. What character makes you laugh most?

64. Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?

65. What is something that makes your family special?

66. At what age is a person an adult? Why do you think so?

67. Where did you encounter a struggle this week? How did you deal with it?

68. What are your dreams?

69. What's your pet peeve?

70. When you've had a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?

71. What would your perfect Saturday be like?

72. What's a great book you've read recently?

73. Who is the kindest person you know?

74. What do you look forward to when you wake up?

75. If you could choose your own nickname, what would it be?

Light-Hearted Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas

These fun morning meeting sharing ideas came from Fun Fresh Ideas and Minds In Bloom.

1. What would peanut butter be called if it wasn't called peanut butter?

2. If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you invent?

3. What one invention would you un-invent and why?

4. Would you rather win $10 000 or let you best friend win $100 000?

5. You discover a beautiful island where you decide to build a new society. What is the first rule you put in place?

6. If you became invisible for 10 minute RIGHT NOW, what (school appropriate) things would you do?

7. What is a saying or expression that you probably say too much?

8. Do you put your cereal in the bowl before the milk or the milk before the cereal?

9. If you could play one song every time you entered a room what would it be, and why?

10. Your English teacher is actually a witch! One day, she gets tired of you not paying attention and zaps you in to a novel. Which novel would you hope she zapped you into and why?

11. Are pets better than humans?

12. What is your favourite combination of colours?

13. If you were a teacher, and the kids in your class would not listen to you, what would you do?

14. Would you rather give up breakfast, lunch, or dinner... forever?

15. What five things would you take with you during the zombie apocalypse and why?

16. Which day do you consider to be the true start of the week, Sunday or Monday?

17. You're asked to cook dinner for your family and are sent to the store with $20. On the way, however, you stop for at Starbucks and meet a friend you owe $10 dollars to and she wants her money now. By the time you get to the store, you have $6 and 10 minutes to shop. What's for dinner?

18. If humans started colonizing Mars, would you volunteer to move there? Why or why not?

19. What is something about yourself you could totally brag about, but usually don't?

20. Would you rather have a photographic memory or be amazing at one thing, but only so-so at everything else?

21. Where do you not mind waiting?

22. You are given the option of keeping your name or choosing a new one. What do you choose?

23. If animals could talk, which would be the rudest?

24. Would you rather be a master at every musical instrument or fluent in every language in the world?

25. What is an unwritten rule in school that everyone knows anyway?

26. If life were a video game, what two cheat codes would you want?

27. What is your favourite smell?

28. If you could make one rule that everyone in the world has to follow, what rule would you make?

29. When was a time that you felt lucky?

30. If you could ask your pet 3 questions, what would they be?

No More Planning for Morning Meeting

I love morning meeting. It's my favourite time of day.

But there's one part that I don't like... all of that planning!

To keep it fresh and engaging, I felt like I was forever on the hunt for new ideas for morning meeting. It takes some serious time to plan all four parts (greeting, sharing, activity and morning message) and I prefer to use my time on the weekends sipping coffee and reading books.

You too?

I came up with a solution for us.

I planned every month of our morning meetings, ahead of time. They are ready to go!

In my Morning Meeting Slides Year Long Bundle, the greeting, sharing and group activity is already planned for you. All that's left for you to do is to type in your morning message.

There are two options for you:

Grab two weeks of my morning meeting slides for free!

Check out the Morning Meeting Slides Year Long Bundle to have your morning meetings planned for the entire year.

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105 Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas - Learn Grow Blossom

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A list of 105 morning meeting sharing ideas that you can use right away during morning meeting as a great class community builder.

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Sharing time during morning meeting is a fantastic way for students to get to know each other. It's also a great relationship builder between students and teachers. It can be tough to come up with new and original prompts so this extensive list will give you 105 morning meeting sharing ideas that you can use right awa.

Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas

1. What do you like daydreaming about?

2. What makes you happy?

3. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

4. What would be your dream job?

5. If you were a superhero, what would your name be? What powers would you have?

6. What makes you feel loved?

7. How do you show people you care?

8. Which school rule would you change?

9. If you could add a pet to your family, what would you add?

10. If you wrote a book, what would it be about?

11. Which board game/computer game/app is your favourite?

12. How do you help others?

13. Are you a morning or night person? Why?

14. Tell us about an interesting dream you've had.

15. What do you like most about school so far? What would you like to see changed?

16. Which hobby do you enjoy most?

17. What do you like to do outside?

18. Which season do you enjoy most?

19. What class do you wish we offered in school?

20. Name three things you cannot live without.

21. What three words would you use to describe yourself?

22. Who inspires you?

23. If you could give $100 to charity, which would you choose?

24. What strengths do you bring to our classroom? To the school?

25. Where would you like to travel?

26. If you started a band, what would the name be?

27. What makes you feel energized?

28. When do you get a chance to be a leader?

29. What is one thing you could do all day without stopping?

30. What's a memory that makes you happy?

31. If you could change one thing about your room, what would it be?

32. What bugs you?

33. What are three things you'd like to do this year?

34. How would you spend a day off from school?

35. What do you wish we did more often?

36. If you could design a new app, what would it do?

37. When do you laugh at school?

38. If you were a teacher, what would you teach?

39. What makes you awesome?

40. How do you like to be greeted?

41. What is your least favourite chore?

42. Describe your dream house.

43. What is your favourite storybook character?

44. What do you think is your hidden talent?

45. If you had to give your family members new names, what would they be?

46. What would you do if you made the rules at home?

47. How do you organize your room?

48. Do you like group work or individual work best?

49. What's a skill you would like to learn?

50. What helps you feel welcome?

51. Can money buy happiness?

52. What makes you curious?

53. When are you most creative?

54. What is your proudest moment so far?

55. If you could travel back three years and visit your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?

56. What makes you feel brave?

57. If you could give one gift to every single child in the world, what gift would you give?

58. Where is your favourite place in the world?

59. What is the hardest thing about being a kid?

60. What is the best gift you have ever given? Why was it so special?

61. If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?

62. Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?

63. What character makes you laugh most?

64. Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?

65. What is something that makes your family special?

66. At what age is a person an adult? Why do you think so?

67. Where did you encounter a struggle this week? How did you deal with it?

68. What are your dreams?

69. What's your pet peeve?

70. When you've had a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?

71. What would your perfect Saturday be like?

72. What's a great book you've read recently?

73. Who is the kindest person you know?

74. What do you look forward to when you wake up?

75. If you could choose your own nickname, what would it be?

Light-Hearted Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas

These fun morning meeting sharing ideas came from Fun Fresh Ideas and Minds In Bloom.

1. What would peanut butter be called if it wasn't called peanut butter?

2. If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you invent?

3. What one invention would you un-invent and why?

4. Would you rather win $10 000 or let you best friend win $100 000?

5. You discover a beautiful island where you decide to build a new society. What is the first rule you put in place?

6. If you became invisible for 10 minute RIGHT NOW, what (school appropriate) things would you do?

7. What is a saying or expression that you probably say too much?

8. Do you put your cereal in the bowl before the milk or the milk before the cereal?

9. If you could play one song every time you entered a room what would it be, and why?

10. Your English teacher is actually a witch! One day, she gets tired of you not paying attention and zaps you in to a novel. Which novel would you hope she zapped you into and why?

11. Are pets better than humans?

12. What is your favourite combination of colours?

13. If you were a teacher, and the kids in your class would not listen to you, what would you do?

14. Would you rather give up breakfast, lunch, or dinner... forever?

15. What five things would you take with you during the zombie apocalypse and why?

16. Which day do you consider to be the true start of the week, Sunday or Monday?

17. You're asked to cook dinner for your family and are sent to the store with $20. On the way, however, you stop for at Starbucks and meet a friend you owe $10 dollars to and she wants her money now. By the time you get to the store, you have $6 and 10 minutes to shop. What's for dinner?

18. If humans started colonizing Mars, would you volunteer to move there? Why or why not?

19. What is something about yourself you could totally brag about, but usually don't?

20. Would you rather have a photographic memory or be amazing at one thing, but only so-so at everything else?

21. Where do you not mind waiting?

22. You are given the option of keeping your name or choosing a new one. What do you choose?

23. If animals could talk, which would be the rudest?

24. Would you rather be a master at every musical instrument or fluent in every language in the world?

25. What is an unwritten rule in school that everyone knows anyway?

26. If life were a video game, what two cheat codes would you want?

27. What is your favourite smell?

28. If you could make one rule that everyone in the world has to follow, what rule would you make?

29. When was a time that you felt lucky?

30. If you could ask your pet 3 questions, what would they be?

No More Planning for Morning Meeting

I love morning meeting. It's my favourite time of day.

But there's one part that I don't like... all of that planning!

To keep it fresh and engaging, I felt like I was forever on the hunt for new ideas for morning meeting. It takes some serious time to plan all four parts (greeting, sharing, activity and morning message) and I prefer to use my time on the weekends sipping coffee and reading books.

You too?

I came up with a solution for us.

I planned every month of our morning meetings, ahead of time. They are ready to go!

In my Morning Meeting Slides Year Long Bundle, the greeting, sharing and group activity is already planned for you. All that's left for you to do is to type in your morning message.

There are two options for you:

Grab two weeks of my morning meeting slides for free!

Check out the Morning Meeting Slides Year Long Bundle to have your morning meetings planned for the entire year.

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105 Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas - Learn Grow Blossom

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A list of 105 morning meeting sharing ideas that you can use right away during morning meeting as a great class community builder.

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So much goes into planning a morning meeting, and I love having go-to ideas for what we are going to do each day for each of the morning meeting components. Today I'm bringing you 10 morning meeting greeting ideas that you can cycle through in your own classroom meetings. You can download this free printable morning meeting greetings list a little further down or just screenshot it or bookmark it for future reference!

Morning Meeting Greeting #1: Fancy Friends
And remember-boys can curtsy and girls can bow. Let your students feel like royalty with this fun little greeting.

Morning Meeting Greeting #2: What's the News?
Nip the Monday morning chatter in the bud. You know what they say: if you can't beat them, join them! Kids are filled with random bits of information from the weekend, so give them a special pocket of time they can count on during morning meetings to share their weekend news.

Morning Meeting Greeting #3: My Name is Alice
A great subtle way to talk about verbs and alliteration, this is a longtime favorite of mine. Nudge students to think of verbs that aren't totally typical.

Morning Meeting Greeting #4: Baby Babble
If there's something all kids find entertaining, it's talking like a baby. Not sure why, and it annoys me more often than I'd like to admit at home with my own children-but the kids like what they like. Induce tons of giggles with this morning greeting!

This greeting is from my lower elementary morning meeting slides.

Morning Meeting Greeting #5: Monster Mash
This is a great Halloween greeting so if you are reading this anywhere near October, you're welcome! Encourage students to think outside the box-not all monsters are big and scary with deep voices!
Morning Meeting Greeting #6: Snowball Fight
This is one that definitely benefits from preparing ahead, so make sure to have a stack of papers on hand and-even better-a stack of papers with names already written on them. It doesn't even matter if a student throws another student's paper. Simply hand them out, crumple, and go!

Morning Meeting Greeting #7: How Arrrghhh You?

Try to be in a grumpy mood when you have 25 students talking like pirates around you. It's pretty darn hilarious.
Morning Meeting Greeting #8: Ball Toss
I definitely recommend a beach ball for any type of ball toss activity, but the small rubber recess balls work well when rolling is involved. This greeting works great even in instances of social distancing because students must be a throw's distance away from each other.
Morning Meeting Greeting #9: Quick + Simple
Let's be honest: some mornings are rushed and you'd do anything to just skip morning meetings altogether. It's a very human way to feel, so don't get down on yourself. Instead, turn to quicker and easier greetings like the one you see below. Takes literally seconds and is still fun and engaging!
Morning Meeting Greeting #10: Roll the Die
This greeting is great because it switches things up. Instead of greeting just one person every time, why not put your fate at the hands of this little cube? This gets super fun if you have a larger die or dice that you can roll for the entire class to see. You also might consider an electronic dice roll like this one.

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So much goes into planning a morning meeting, and I love having go-to ideas for what we are going to do each day for each of the morning meeting components. Today I'm bringing you 10 morning meeting greeting ideas that you can cycle through in your own classroom meetings.

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The leader of the activity reads a statement such as "I have a brother." Those who identify with the statement step into the circle. This helps kids find out their differences and similarities.

Ideas:

1. I have been to the beach.

2. Love Disney!

3. Have a pet

4. Have been on an airplane

5. Love roller coasters

6. like spiders

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Order Up: This is a play on the old “line up according to birthdays without talking.” All year long, students would brainstorm ways that we could order ourselves, alphabetical, by birthday, by age, etc. and we would make our circle in that format and do a simple handshake greeting around the circle.

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Order Up: This is a play on the old “line up according to birthdays without talking.” All year long, students would brainstorm ways that we could order ourselves, alphabetical, by birthday, by age, etc. and we would make our circle in that format and do a simple handshake greeting around the circle.

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Order Up: This is a play on the old “line up according to birthdays without talking.” All year long, students would brainstorm ways that we could order ourselves, alphabetical, by birthday, by age, etc. and we would make our circle in that format and do a simple handshake greeting around the circle.

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The Ball Toss: What kid doesn’t LOVE a koosh ball? This usually showed up at least once a week in our room because it was quick and easy but well-loved. Everyone in the circle would stand up, and I’d toss the ball to a student and greet them by name. They’d greet me back, then choose another person to greet and toss it to them. Once they’ve been greeted, they sit down.

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Would You Rather: There are SO many options for free Would You Rather questions, and kids always eat them up! We would all stand in a line and then have one side of the room be one option and one side be the other. Sometimes I would let them engage in a little debate about it, too.

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Something’s Not Quite Right

One student will volunteer as the leader to make something “not quite right” in the class. Everyone else closes their eyes and the leader will change something in the class (be as silent as possible). When the leader is ready he or she will return to the carpet and tell everyone to open their eyes. Then, you will guess as to what the leader has changed.

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Does anyone else run out of ideas for morning meeting activities? I'm always looking for new ones that my students will love! I know how important it is so keep these ideas fresh to keep students excited about morning meeting.

I compiled 9 morning meeting activities that you can take and use right away. Adding these to your morning meeting rotation will help increase the variety. Enjoy!

Something's Not Quite Right

One student will volunteer as the leader to make something "not quite right" in the class. Everyone else closes their eyes and the leader will change something in the class (be as silent as possible). When the leader is ready he or she will return to the carpet and tell everyone to open their eyes. Then, you will guess as to what the leader has changed.

Vocabulary Pictionary

A student leader will have a vocabulary word whispered in their ear. They will draw a picture on the whiteboard to try to get you to guess the word.

Guess the Voice

One student stands in the circle blindfolded. The teacher will tap someone on the shoulder who will make an animal noise. The blindfolded student has three guesses to figure out who made the sound.

This or That

Read two options out loud, like "read a book or watch a movie". When you say each option point to a side of the room. Students will move to the side of the classroom that matches the choice they prefer.

Conductor

One student leaves the room. A conductor is chosen. The student comes back in the room and sits in the middle. The conductor decides on an action that all students replicate (like clapping). The conductor can change the action at anytime and everyone must follow. The student in the middle must figure out who the conductor is.

Improv

Two students start in the circle and start acting out a simple scene, such as eating at a restaurant, doing homework together at school, etc. At any point, the next leader will call out "freeze" and the two people freeze while the leader takes the place of one of the actors by putting his/her body in the exact same position. The two in the center now act out a different scene that makes sense for the positions that they are starting in. (scenarios can be called out by the teacher to make this easier)

Quick Groupings

Students will quickly form and reform groups. The leader says "freeze" and gives directions for the next formations, such as "Groups of three". The leader says "freeze" again and gives a different direction like: "Get into groups where everyone is wearing something the same colour pants".

Who's Missing?

One student leaves the room. Once they are out of sight, a different classmate hides somewhere in the classroom. When the first student returns to the class, they must try to figure out who is hiding.

Guess Who/What

A student sit back to the whiteboard. A word is written on the board like apple, lunch bag, etc. The student with their back to the board can ask ten yes or no questions like "Am I a person?", "Am I a type of food?" They must try to guess "what they are" based on the yes or no answers to their questions.

NO MORE PLANNING FOR MORNING MEETING

I love morning meeting. I think it's my favourite time of day, although Daily 5 is a close second.

There's only one part of morning meeting that I don't like... can you guess?

It's the planning!

In order to keep it fresh and engaging, I feel like I'm forever on the hunt for new ideas for morning meeting. It takes some serious time to plan all four parts and I can better use that time on the weekends for sipping coffee and reading books.

SO, I came up with a solution.

Every month, I plan your morning meetings FOR you.

I create themed morning meeting slides for elementary teachers. In these slides, the greeting, sharing and group activity is already planned for you. All that's left for you to do is to type in your morning message.

If you want to try two weeks of my morning meeting slides for free, click here to download the freebie!

If you want to check out the growing bundle, click on the cover picture below. Trust me, I'm already jealous of the time you'll be freeing up!

Further Reading

If you enjoyed this blog post, check out my other blog posts with morning meeting ideas:

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Morning Meeting Activities: 9 Ideas To Try Today - Learn Grow Blossom

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Does anyone else run out of ideas for morning meeting activities? I'm always looking for new ones that my students will love! I know how important it is so keep these ideas fresh to keep students excited about morning meeting. I compiled 9 morning meeting activities that you can take and use right away.

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Something’s Not Quite Right

One student will volunteer as the leader to make something “not quite right” in the class. Everyone else closes their eyes and the leader will change something in the class (be as silent as possible). When the leader is ready he or she will return to the carpet and tell everyone to open their eyes. Then, you will guess as to what the leader has changed.

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Does anyone else run out of ideas for morning meeting activities? I'm always looking for new ones that my students will love! I know how important it is so keep these ideas fresh to keep students excited about morning meeting.

I compiled 9 morning meeting activities that you can take and use right away. Adding these to your morning meeting rotation will help increase the variety. Enjoy!

Something's Not Quite Right

One student will volunteer as the leader to make something "not quite right" in the class. Everyone else closes their eyes and the leader will change something in the class (be as silent as possible). When the leader is ready he or she will return to the carpet and tell everyone to open their eyes. Then, you will guess as to what the leader has changed.

Vocabulary Pictionary

A student leader will have a vocabulary word whispered in their ear. They will draw a picture on the whiteboard to try to get you to guess the word.

Guess the Voice

One student stands in the circle blindfolded. The teacher will tap someone on the shoulder who will make an animal noise. The blindfolded student has three guesses to figure out who made the sound.

This or That

Read two options out loud, like "read a book or watch a movie". When you say each option point to a side of the room. Students will move to the side of the classroom that matches the choice they prefer.

Conductor

One student leaves the room. A conductor is chosen. The student comes back in the room and sits in the middle. The conductor decides on an action that all students replicate (like clapping). The conductor can change the action at anytime and everyone must follow. The student in the middle must figure out who the conductor is.

Improv

Two students start in the circle and start acting out a simple scene, such as eating at a restaurant, doing homework together at school, etc. At any point, the next leader will call out "freeze" and the two people freeze while the leader takes the place of one of the actors by putting his/her body in the exact same position. The two in the center now act out a different scene that makes sense for the positions that they are starting in. (scenarios can be called out by the teacher to make this easier)

Quick Groupings

Students will quickly form and reform groups. The leader says "freeze" and gives directions for the next formations, such as "Groups of three". The leader says "freeze" again and gives a different direction like: "Get into groups where everyone is wearing something the same colour pants".

Who's Missing?

One student leaves the room. Once they are out of sight, a different classmate hides somewhere in the classroom. When the first student returns to the class, they must try to figure out who is hiding.

Guess Who/What

A student sit back to the whiteboard. A word is written on the board like apple, lunch bag, etc. The student with their back to the board can ask ten yes or no questions like "Am I a person?", "Am I a type of food?" They must try to guess "what they are" based on the yes or no answers to their questions.

NO MORE PLANNING FOR MORNING MEETING

I love morning meeting. I think it's my favourite time of day, although Daily 5 is a close second.

There's only one part of morning meeting that I don't like... can you guess?

It's the planning!

In order to keep it fresh and engaging, I feel like I'm forever on the hunt for new ideas for morning meeting. It takes some serious time to plan all four parts and I can better use that time on the weekends for sipping coffee and reading books.

SO, I came up with a solution.

Every month, I plan your morning meetings FOR you.

I create themed morning meeting slides for elementary teachers. In these slides, the greeting, sharing and group activity is already planned for you. All that's left for you to do is to type in your morning message.

If you want to try two weeks of my morning meeting slides for free, click here to download the freebie!

If you want to check out the growing bundle, click on the cover picture below. Trust me, I'm already jealous of the time you'll be freeing up!

Further Reading

If you enjoyed this blog post, check out my other blog posts with morning meeting ideas:

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4. 1, 2, 3, Look!

Students should hang their heads down while the teacher says “1, 2, 3, look!” On the word “look,” students will lift their heads and look at one person in the room. If two students make eye contact, they wave good morning across the room to each other. If a student does not make eye contact with someone, they just place their head back down.

The greeting moves along quickly as the teacher continues to say “1, 2, 3, look” until every student has made eye contact with someone and been greeted at least once.

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Pretty much every aspect of teaching has changed in one way or another this school year. Whether it's teaching through a screen or eliminating small group work when teaching in person, it's all just different! Safe morning meetings are one aspect of the school day that many teachers have had to reimagine.

How to have safe morning meetings

Morning meetings consist of four parts, according to the Responsive Classroom Approach, and should last around 20-30 minutes each school day. It's a time for students and teachers to connect, to incorporate SEL activities, and to introduce skills that will be taught during the school week.

The four components to a successful morning meeting are:

Greeting: Students greet one another in fun and differing ways each day.

Share: Students get a chance to share some type of information, whether personal or academic, and classmates practice listening and responding.

Group Activity: The class participates in an active game together. The activity could focus on social learning and/or academic learning.

Morning Message: A short message from the teacher read together by the class.

Socially-distant ideas for morning meetings

Note: I like picking one item from each category and using it for an entire week of morning meetings to build routine and rhythm as the week progresses.

Greetings

1. Greeting Race

Students will be timed to see how quickly they can greet around the room. The teacher starts by saying "good morning" to one student, addressing them by name. The student says "good morning" back, using the teacher's name. Then the student says "good morning" to a classmate, using their name. It continues around the room with each student greeting the person who just said "good morning" to them and then saying "good morning" to someone new as well. The teacher should time how quickly the students can make it all the way around the room. They can try to beat it the next day. Repeat each day for a week!

2. Good morning to anyone who...

Have a student leader come to the front of the classroom. They should fill in the phrase "good morning to anyone who..." with different facts that could be true for students. For example, the leader could say, " Good morning to anyone who is buying lunch today." Any students who are buying lunch that day should then stand up and wave "good morning" to other students who are also standing and have that item in common.

After all students return to their seats, the leader should continue on with the next fact. Students love to lead this greeting!

3. Compliment chain

This one is sure to make teachers smile. Have students greet neighbors around them including a genuine compliment. Model for students what a genuine compliment is. For example, Sam might say, "Good morning, Emma! You try so hard in math and never give up!" Everyone deserves a compliment or two every day!

As an alternative, if students are feeling shy, have students write down compliments on post-it notes and deliver them to recipients later in the day after saying good morning to one another.

4. 1, 2, 3, Look!

Students should hang their heads down while the teacher says "1, 2, 3, look!" On the word "look," students will lift their heads and look at one person in the room. If two students make eye contact, they wave good morning across the room to each other. If a student does not make eye contact with someone, they just place their head back down.

The greeting moves along quickly as the teacher continues to say "1, 2, 3, look" until every student has made eye contact with someone and been greeted at least once.

5. Closed eyes greeting

Students place their heads down on their desks with their eyes closed. The teacher chooses one student to say good morning to. The chosen student then pops their head up and says good morning to someone else who will then pop their head up and takes over as greeter. This continues until all students have their heads up, eyes opened, and have been greeted!

Sharing

Teacher tip: Try not to force students to share if they aren't comfortable doing so. Allow the option for students to pass.

6. Would you rather?

Present a handful of "Would you rather?" questions one at a time. If one question states " Would you rather eat pizza for breakfast or eggs for dinner?" have students stand if they prefer the pizza or remain seated if they prefer the eggs. Take a moment to pause after each question and have students notice who else is standing or sitting with them. They might realize they have something in common with a classmate!

You might also choose to allow students to ask the other group questions about why they would rather that option. Need ideas? See these free " Would You Rather?" prompts!

7. Partner share

Provide a prompt or question for students to chat about for a few minutes with a classmate. For example, you might ask students to talk about something they're excited about or looking forward to. The catch is that after they share with each other, students will then share out with the class what their partner shared with them. Listening skills are key for this share!

8. POP!

Pick a topic or question to ask students about, like "What's one thing you learned about Thomas Jefferson yesterday in social studies?" In order to get a chance to share, students have to say "POP" at a time when no one else says it. In other words, if two or more students simultaneously say "POP," none of those students get to share yet. Once a student says a solo "POP," they can then share an answer to the posed question.

Topics or questions presented can be academic or personal.

9. Book talk

Give students a chance to share a book they've been reading and would recommend. Model for students how to talk about a book with details and in a manner that would really get other students interested in reading it as well. Perhaps you could take the first day ever doing this share to watch an example on the smartboard, like this one.

10. Chain reaction

Present a discussion topic to students and have one or two of them begin by sharing with someone near them. After listening to someone share, they should turn to someone new and answer the question themselves.

Say the topic of discussion is "What's the best thing about winter?" Student A would share with Student B what they love most about winter while Student B listens attentively. Then Student B would share their favorite thing with Student C. It's a chain reaction!

Group Activities

11. Guess who?

On a Monday, have students write down three facts about themselves that their peers would not know. The teacher should collect the fact cards and read a few out loud each day throughout the week during morning meetings. After reading aloud the three facts, the teacher should ask the class "Guess who?"

Students will have 3-5 opportunities to guess who the card belongs to. If a student guesses correctly, the person should reveal themselves immediately. However, if the person is not guessed, the card should go back into the pile for later in the week after the options have been narrowed down.

12. Coseeki

Coseeki is a twist on "follow the leader."

1. Pick one student to go into the hallway.

2. Once the student is in the hallway, pick a different student to be a leader.

3. This student will start a body motion, like patting their lap or tapping their head. They will lead the motions and make changes that the rest of the class will need to follow.

4. If the leader changes from clapping his/her hands to stomping his/her feet, the rest of the class must follow suit.

5. The student in the hallway will come back and try to guess who the leader is.

The trick is that students should try not to make eye contact with the leader as to not give it away to the person that is trying to figure out who the leader is! This is a student favorite.

13. Rock paper scissors championship

Have students stand up behind their desks and push their chairs in. Give each student a partner (from six feet apart) to play rock paper scissors with. Best out of three wins.

The winner should remain standing while the "loser" takes a seat. Once all winners in original pairings have been determined, the teacher should pair up winners with new partners. The second round winners remain standing while the new "losers" sit down. Continue on until you only have two students left that will play to determine the champion!

If you have an odd number of students during any rounds, simply have one student play the winner of a round before moving on to the next championship round. Students love to cheer each other on in this game, and it really brings the class together!

14. Get to know you questions

Ask students a get to know you question. Have them write down their answers. Go around the room and have students share their answers. Ask if anyone else had the same answer. Here's a list of 50 awesome " get to know you questions " to get you started!

15. Do what I said, not what I say!

The teacher starts by saying two directions in a row, like "stand up, then touch your toes." The students must do the first action stated, which in this case is to stand up. Then, the teacher adds on an action, like "jump once." Students must do the previously said action, though, which was to touch toes. That's why the game is called "do what I SAID, not what I SAY." Continue to add on actions and speed up the pace to really get the game going!

Scheduling morning meetings

Here is an example schedule of how you might use these activities in your own classroom. This utilizes our suggestion of implementing the same greeting, share, and activity daily for a full week of school in order to gain momentum!

Don't forget to include a personal morning message after completing the group activity each day!

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4. 1, 2, 3, Look!

Students should hang their heads down while the teacher says “1, 2, 3, look!” On the word “look,” students will lift their heads and look at one person in the room. If two students make eye contact, they wave good morning across the room to each other. If a student does not make eye contact with someone, they just place their head back down.

The greeting moves along quickly as the teacher continues to say “1, 2, 3, look” until every student has made eye contact with someone and been greeted at least once.

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Pretty much every aspect of teaching has changed in one way or another this school year. Whether it's teaching through a screen or eliminating small group work when teaching in person, it's all just different! Safe morning meetings are one aspect of the school day that many teachers have had to reimagine.

How to have safe morning meetings

Morning meetings consist of four parts, according to the Responsive Classroom Approach, and should last around 20-30 minutes each school day. It's a time for students and teachers to connect, to incorporate SEL activities, and to introduce skills that will be taught during the school week.

The four components to a successful morning meeting are:

Greeting: Students greet one another in fun and differing ways each day.

Share: Students get a chance to share some type of information, whether personal or academic, and classmates practice listening and responding.

Group Activity: The class participates in an active game together. The activity could focus on social learning and/or academic learning.

Morning Message: A short message from the teacher read together by the class.

Socially-distant ideas for morning meetings

Note: I like picking one item from each category and using it for an entire week of morning meetings to build routine and rhythm as the week progresses.

Greetings

1. Greeting Race

Students will be timed to see how quickly they can greet around the room. The teacher starts by saying "good morning" to one student, addressing them by name. The student says "good morning" back, using the teacher's name. Then the student says "good morning" to a classmate, using their name. It continues around the room with each student greeting the person who just said "good morning" to them and then saying "good morning" to someone new as well. The teacher should time how quickly the students can make it all the way around the room. They can try to beat it the next day. Repeat each day for a week!

2. Good morning to anyone who...

Have a student leader come to the front of the classroom. They should fill in the phrase "good morning to anyone who..." with different facts that could be true for students. For example, the leader could say, " Good morning to anyone who is buying lunch today." Any students who are buying lunch that day should then stand up and wave "good morning" to other students who are also standing and have that item in common.

After all students return to their seats, the leader should continue on with the next fact. Students love to lead this greeting!

3. Compliment chain

This one is sure to make teachers smile. Have students greet neighbors around them including a genuine compliment. Model for students what a genuine compliment is. For example, Sam might say, "Good morning, Emma! You try so hard in math and never give up!" Everyone deserves a compliment or two every day!

As an alternative, if students are feeling shy, have students write down compliments on post-it notes and deliver them to recipients later in the day after saying good morning to one another.

4. 1, 2, 3, Look!

Students should hang their heads down while the teacher says "1, 2, 3, look!" On the word "look," students will lift their heads and look at one person in the room. If two students make eye contact, they wave good morning across the room to each other. If a student does not make eye contact with someone, they just place their head back down.

The greeting moves along quickly as the teacher continues to say "1, 2, 3, look" until every student has made eye contact with someone and been greeted at least once.

5. Closed eyes greeting

Students place their heads down on their desks with their eyes closed. The teacher chooses one student to say good morning to. The chosen student then pops their head up and says good morning to someone else who will then pop their head up and takes over as greeter. This continues until all students have their heads up, eyes opened, and have been greeted!

Sharing

Teacher tip: Try not to force students to share if they aren't comfortable doing so. Allow the option for students to pass.

6. Would you rather?

Present a handful of "Would you rather?" questions one at a time. If one question states " Would you rather eat pizza for breakfast or eggs for dinner?" have students stand if they prefer the pizza or remain seated if they prefer the eggs. Take a moment to pause after each question and have students notice who else is standing or sitting with them. They might realize they have something in common with a classmate!

You might also choose to allow students to ask the other group questions about why they would rather that option. Need ideas? See these free " Would You Rather?" prompts!

7. Partner share

Provide a prompt or question for students to chat about for a few minutes with a classmate. For example, you might ask students to talk about something they're excited about or looking forward to. The catch is that after they share with each other, students will then share out with the class what their partner shared with them. Listening skills are key for this share!

8. POP!

Pick a topic or question to ask students about, like "What's one thing you learned about Thomas Jefferson yesterday in social studies?" In order to get a chance to share, students have to say "POP" at a time when no one else says it. In other words, if two or more students simultaneously say "POP," none of those students get to share yet. Once a student says a solo "POP," they can then share an answer to the posed question.

Topics or questions presented can be academic or personal.

9. Book talk

Give students a chance to share a book they've been reading and would recommend. Model for students how to talk about a book with details and in a manner that would really get other students interested in reading it as well. Perhaps you could take the first day ever doing this share to watch an example on the smartboard, like this one.

10. Chain reaction

Present a discussion topic to students and have one or two of them begin by sharing with someone near them. After listening to someone share, they should turn to someone new and answer the question themselves.

Say the topic of discussion is "What's the best thing about winter?" Student A would share with Student B what they love most about winter while Student B listens attentively. Then Student B would share their favorite thing with Student C. It's a chain reaction!

Group Activities

11. Guess who?

On a Monday, have students write down three facts about themselves that their peers would not know. The teacher should collect the fact cards and read a few out loud each day throughout the week during morning meetings. After reading aloud the three facts, the teacher should ask the class "Guess who?"

Students will have 3-5 opportunities to guess who the card belongs to. If a student guesses correctly, the person should reveal themselves immediately. However, if the person is not guessed, the card should go back into the pile for later in the week after the options have been narrowed down.

12. Coseeki

Coseeki is a twist on "follow the leader."

1. Pick one student to go into the hallway.

2. Once the student is in the hallway, pick a different student to be a leader.

3. This student will start a body motion, like patting their lap or tapping their head. They will lead the motions and make changes that the rest of the class will need to follow.

4. If the leader changes from clapping his/her hands to stomping his/her feet, the rest of the class must follow suit.

5. The student in the hallway will come back and try to guess who the leader is.

The trick is that students should try not to make eye contact with the leader as to not give it away to the person that is trying to figure out who the leader is! This is a student favorite.

13. Rock paper scissors championship

Have students stand up behind their desks and push their chairs in. Give each student a partner (from six feet apart) to play rock paper scissors with. Best out of three wins.

The winner should remain standing while the "loser" takes a seat. Once all winners in original pairings have been determined, the teacher should pair up winners with new partners. The second round winners remain standing while the new "losers" sit down. Continue on until you only have two students left that will play to determine the champion!

If you have an odd number of students during any rounds, simply have one student play the winner of a round before moving on to the next championship round. Students love to cheer each other on in this game, and it really brings the class together!

14. Get to know you questions

Ask students a get to know you question. Have them write down their answers. Go around the room and have students share their answers. Ask if anyone else had the same answer. Here's a list of 50 awesome " get to know you questions " to get you started!

15. Do what I said, not what I say!

The teacher starts by saying two directions in a row, like "stand up, then touch your toes." The students must do the first action stated, which in this case is to stand up. Then, the teacher adds on an action, like "jump once." Students must do the previously said action, though, which was to touch toes. That's why the game is called "do what I SAID, not what I SAY." Continue to add on actions and speed up the pace to really get the game going!

Scheduling morning meetings

Here is an example schedule of how you might use these activities in your own classroom. This utilizes our suggestion of implementing the same greeting, share, and activity daily for a full week of school in order to gain momentum!

Don't forget to include a personal morning message after completing the group activity each day!

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Pretty much every aspect of teaching has changed in one way or another this school year. Whether it's teaching through a screen or eliminating small group work when teaching in person, it's all just different! Safe morning meetings are one aspect of the school day that many teachers have had to reimagine.

How to have safe morning meetings

Morning meetings consist of four parts, according to the Responsive Classroom Approach, and should last around 20-30 minutes each school day. It's a time for students and teachers to connect, to incorporate SEL activities, and to introduce skills that will be taught during the school week.

The four components to a successful morning meeting are:

Greeting: Students greet one another in fun and differing ways each day.

Share: Students get a chance to share some type of information, whether personal or academic, and classmates practice listening and responding.

Group Activity: The class participates in an active game together. The activity could focus on social learning and/or academic learning.

Morning Message: A short message from the teacher read together by the class.

Socially-distant ideas for morning meetings

Note: I like picking one item from each category and using it for an entire week of morning meetings to build routine and rhythm as the week progresses.

Greetings

1. Greeting Race

Students will be timed to see how quickly they can greet around the room. The teacher starts by saying "good morning" to one student, addressing them by name. The student says "good morning" back, using the teacher's name. Then the student says "good morning" to a classmate, using their name. It continues around the room with each student greeting the person who just said "good morning" to them and then saying "good morning" to someone new as well. The teacher should time how quickly the students can make it all the way around the room. They can try to beat it the next day. Repeat each day for a week!

2. Good morning to anyone who...

Have a student leader come to the front of the classroom. They should fill in the phrase "good morning to anyone who..." with different facts that could be true for students. For example, the leader could say, " Good morning to anyone who is buying lunch today." Any students who are buying lunch that day should then stand up and wave "good morning" to other students who are also standing and have that item in common.

After all students return to their seats, the leader should continue on with the next fact. Students love to lead this greeting!

3. Compliment chain

This one is sure to make teachers smile. Have students greet neighbors around them including a genuine compliment. Model for students what a genuine compliment is. For example, Sam might say, "Good morning, Emma! You try so hard in math and never give up!" Everyone deserves a compliment or two every day!

As an alternative, if students are feeling shy, have students write down compliments on post-it notes and deliver them to recipients later in the day after saying good morning to one another.

4. 1, 2, 3, Look!

Students should hang their heads down while the teacher says "1, 2, 3, look!" On the word "look," students will lift their heads and look at one person in the room. If two students make eye contact, they wave good morning across the room to each other. If a student does not make eye contact with someone, they just place their head back down.

The greeting moves along quickly as the teacher continues to say "1, 2, 3, look" until every student has made eye contact with someone and been greeted at least once.

5. Closed eyes greeting

Students place their heads down on their desks with their eyes closed. The teacher chooses one student to say good morning to. The chosen student then pops their head up and says good morning to someone else who will then pop their head up and takes over as greeter. This continues until all students have their heads up, eyes opened, and have been greeted!

Sharing

Teacher tip: Try not to force students to share if they aren't comfortable doing so. Allow the option for students to pass.

6. Would you rather?

Present a handful of "Would you rather?" questions one at a time. If one question states " Would you rather eat pizza for breakfast or eggs for dinner?" have students stand if they prefer the pizza or remain seated if they prefer the eggs. Take a moment to pause after each question and have students notice who else is standing or sitting with them. They might realize they have something in common with a classmate!

You might also choose to allow students to ask the other group questions about why they would rather that option. Need ideas? See these free " Would You Rather?" prompts!

7. Partner share

Provide a prompt or question for students to chat about for a few minutes with a classmate. For example, you might ask students to talk about something they're excited about or looking forward to. The catch is that after they share with each other, students will then share out with the class what their partner shared with them. Listening skills are key for this share!

8. POP!

Pick a topic or question to ask students about, like "What's one thing you learned about Thomas Jefferson yesterday in social studies?" In order to get a chance to share, students have to say "POP" at a time when no one else says it. In other words, if two or more students simultaneously say "POP," none of those students get to share yet. Once a student says a solo "POP," they can then share an answer to the posed question.

Topics or questions presented can be academic or personal.

9. Book talk

Give students a chance to share a book they've been reading and would recommend. Model for students how to talk about a book with details and in a manner that would really get other students interested in reading it as well. Perhaps you could take the first day ever doing this share to watch an example on the smartboard, like this one.

10. Chain reaction

Present a discussion topic to students and have one or two of them begin by sharing with someone near them. After listening to someone share, they should turn to someone new and answer the question themselves.

Say the topic of discussion is "What's the best thing about winter?" Student A would share with Student B what they love most about winter while Student B listens attentively. Then Student B would share their favorite thing with Student C. It's a chain reaction!

Group Activities

11. Guess who?

On a Monday, have students write down three facts about themselves that their peers would not know. The teacher should collect the fact cards and read a few out loud each day throughout the week during morning meetings. After reading aloud the three facts, the teacher should ask the class "Guess who?"

Students will have 3-5 opportunities to guess who the card belongs to. If a student guesses correctly, the person should reveal themselves immediately. However, if the person is not guessed, the card should go back into the pile for later in the week after the options have been narrowed down.

12. Coseeki

Coseeki is a twist on "follow the leader."

1. Pick one student to go into the hallway.

2. Once the student is in the hallway, pick a different student to be a leader.

3. This student will start a body motion, like patting their lap or tapping their head. They will lead the motions and make changes that the rest of the class will need to follow.

4. If the leader changes from clapping his/her hands to stomping his/her feet, the rest of the class must follow suit.

5. The student in the hallway will come back and try to guess who the leader is.

The trick is that students should try not to make eye contact with the leader as to not give it away to the person that is trying to figure out who the leader is! This is a student favorite.

13. Rock paper scissors championship

Have students stand up behind their desks and push their chairs in. Give each student a partner (from six feet apart) to play rock paper scissors with. Best out of three wins.

The winner should remain standing while the "loser" takes a seat. Once all winners in original pairings have been determined, the teacher should pair up winners with new partners. The second round winners remain standing while the new "losers" sit down. Continue on until you only have two students left that will play to determine the champion!

If you have an odd number of students during any rounds, simply have one student play the winner of a round before moving on to the next championship round. Students love to cheer each other on in this game, and it really brings the class together!

14. Get to know you questions

Ask students a get to know you question. Have them write down their answers. Go around the room and have students share their answers. Ask if anyone else had the same answer. Here's a list of 50 awesome " get to know you questions " to get you started!

15. Do what I said, not what I say!

The teacher starts by saying two directions in a row, like "stand up, then touch your toes." The students must do the first action stated, which in this case is to stand up. Then, the teacher adds on an action, like "jump once." Students must do the previously said action, though, which was to touch toes. That's why the game is called "do what I SAID, not what I SAY." Continue to add on actions and speed up the pace to really get the game going!

Scheduling morning meetings

Here is an example schedule of how you might use these activities in your own classroom. This utilizes our suggestion of implementing the same greeting, share, and activity daily for a full week of school in order to gain momentum!

Don't forget to include a personal morning message after completing the group activity each day!

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Use this greeting list to help learners build relationships in the classroom! The posters include two different sets of greetings, so you can choose which works best for your classroom. One set includes options that could be used virtually if needed.

Some examples of greetings include:
Using for Distance Learning
Open to the greetings poster page and share your screen to help students show greetings to one another! A google drive version is included.
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Print the poster page you prefer and post it in the classroom. Have students choose a way to greet the adult in the morning. Note that a poster with greetings that allow for social distancing is included.
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Social emotional learning skills help kids and young adults learn how to manage their emotions, develop stronger relationships, understand their own strengths and weaknesses, develop empathy for others, and learn to make positive choices. These skills are foundational for social and emotional well-being. With a greater emphasis on SEL skills in educational settings, this journal allows you to weave these skills into your daily instruction as part of a morning meeting, morning circle, social group, or morning work activity.
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Use these morning meeting cards to teach social emotional learning skills on a daily basis for the entire year! This set is now printable AND digital-friendly! You can choose whether to print the cards and go over topics in person, or share your screen to host a virtual morning meeting for distance learning.
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Ex: Cups, popsicle sticks, rules, markers, etc.