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A productive, purposeful hum fills Ms. Vincent's fourth grade classroom as the school day draws to a close and students complete their end-of-day jobs. Ten minutes before dismissal, when everyone is packed up, Ms. Vincent signals that it's time for closing circle, and the class moves to the meeting area.

When all are seated in the circle, Ms. Vincent raises her hand, the class's agreed-upon signal for attention. The students stop their conversations and listen as Ms. Vincent asks, "What's one way you helped others today?" After a pause for thinking time, she invites the children to share their responses. Next, the students stand for a group celebration, creating a " Circle of Hands. " Then they sit down again for an activity called "1, 2, 3, Pop," which determines the order in which they line up at the door for dismissal. When the last student joins the line, the class is ready to make a calm, pleasant transition to after-school life.

The end of the school day can often pose some unique challenges. Teachers can feel rushed to get students out the door in time for dismissal. Students often have low energy, and some feel anxious about the afternoon's activities or their evening at home. Some are even hungry! It can be difficult to end the day on a positive note with so much going on.

The closing circle routine is a manageable way to peacefully wrap up the day and send students off feeling a sense of accomplishment and belonging. Like Morning Meeting at the beginning of the day, closing circle brings a sense of calm, safety, and community to students and teachers. The routine also helps students practice reflecting on what's meaningful to them about their schoolwork, their classmates, and themselves. After a five- to ten-minute closing circle, students leave school feeling excited about their accomplishments and looking forward to the next day's possibilities.

Six Tips for Great Closing Circles

We've found the following guidelines crucial to success in our closing circles. Keep them in mind if you try this routine:

1. Set aside ten minutes.

You don't need a lot of time to have an effective closing circle-ten minutes should do it-but you do need to protect that time from intrusions. All the day's other activities should be finished ten minutes before dismissal. If you allow things to eat into closing circle time, the routine will feel rushed rather than calm and reflective. (To learn about how to find time for closing circles, see " Finding Time before Dismissal.")

2. Everyone takes part.

Every student and adult in the room should participate in closing circle. This is not a time for children to finish assignments or to complete end-of-day jobs. For a sense of community, every class member needs to be part of closing circle.

3. Come with empty hands.

Children usually pay better attention if their hands are empty and their belongings out of sight. If students need to have backpacks or papers nearby, we tell them to put these things behind them, outside the circle.

4. Teach closing circle routines.

As with any classroom procedure, the expectations and routines of closing circle need to be carefully taught, modeled, and practiced with students. Interactive Modeling is an excellent technique for doing this. Simple and direct, Interactive Modeling allows students to see, hear, and experience exactly how to complete tasks that are key to a successful closing circle, such as finishing class jobs and packing up before closing circle begins, responding to the signal, forming a circle, sharing and listening to reflections, playing games, and lining up.

Even if you've taught these skills for Morning Meeting and other activities, it will be helpful to reteach or review them for use in closing circle.

5. Choose activities that foster reflection and celebration.

We use a three-part structure for our closing circles: a reflection, a celebration, and a closing. These components build on each other:

Reflection-The teacher cues students to reflect on their learning for the day or to set goals for the next day. This can be as simple as going around the circle to answer an open-ended question, such as "What's one thing you want to work on tomorrow?" It might also be an activity that involves reflective thinking. (For an example of such an activity, see " Fostering Reflective Thinking.")

Celebration-The whole group does a quick, lively song, chant, or cheer celebrating the community's effort and accomplishments that day. You can celebrate hard work and learning, living up to class rules, working to solve problems together-there are many possibilities. (See an article on fun, quick celebrations for some ideas.)

Closing -The group does a brief activity that ends the gathering and makes the transition to dismissal. This activity could be a song sung while putting on winter coats, hats, and boots or a fun way to send students to line up a few at a time.

6. Focus on positives.

Closing circle should help students and teachers end the school day on a positive note. Focus on naming accomplishments and setting goals; don't use this time to discuss what didn't go well. You can help set a positive tone for closing circle with a reflective question, such as "How did we follow our rules today?" or "What's one thing you enjoyed learning about today?" On a particularly challenging day, a closing circle that focuses on learning from mistakes or on naming changes each person plans to make may help everyone end the day feeling better. Just keep in mind that your choices for closing circle activities should leave students feeling calm and positive, with renewed energy and enthusiasm for school.

Leaving School Feeling Good

Closing circle is an effective strategy for bringing closure to the school day in a fun and meaningful way. By ending the day on a refreshing, reflective note, closing circle reinforces the sense of community and safety that teachers strive to develop. Students leave school feeling good about themselves, each other, and their work and looking forward to the next school day.
Dana Januszka and Kristen Vincent are Responsive Classroom consulting teachers. Dana has been teaching kindergarten and K-5 Enrichment Support for ten years in South Brunswick, NJ. Kristen has eight years' experience teaching fourth grade in Needham, MA.

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It's 3:23 and my class has just finished a science experiment. I look at the clock and realize we have seven minutes to clean up from science and do everything else we need to do to walk out the door at 3:30 to go home. "Okay class, we have seven minutes until the bell rings. You need to stop what you're doing, clean up, and get yourself ready to go home. We'll talk about what you discovered from your science experiment tomorrow. Let's hurry, we now only have six minutes. Go!"

They're off! Twenty-eight children are moving in all directions. They scurry around the room putting the science equipment back on the science table, cleaning up their workspaces, washing their hands at the sink, and throwing away trash in the wastebasket.

At the same time, I'm collecting everyone's science observation journals while being the constant watcher of the clock. "We have three minutes! You should be starting to pack up your things to go home. Hurry! Hurry!"

The children shift gears and begin collecting book bags, coats, and lunchboxes. Meanwhile, several children are mindful that they have class jobs to complete before they go home. They begin passing out papers that need to go home, washing the boards, and feeding the class rabbit. I'm trying to figure out who's supposed to stay after school for a Girl Scout meeting, reminding John not to ride the bus because his mom is picking him up for a doctor's appointment, making sure everyone has their chapter book to read at home, while directing children to stack their chairs and line up.

In the midst of all the chaos, the P.A. system is blaring with the afternoon announcements that no one can hear. The bell rings and the children exit feeling rushed and unsettled. I feel exhausted.

We needed a change

This was how most days ended during my early teaching years until one year, I decided that something had to change. I was taking so much care every day to plan and facilitate a morning meeting to build community and set a positive tone for the day to come. I realized that it was just as important to take the same care in creating a good ending to our day.

I talked to my class one afternoon. They agreed that the way school ended was frustrating and chaotic. We were all tired of feeling rushed. I wanted time for reflection, dialogue, and fun at the end of each day for both the students and me. Thus began the development of our daily closing meeting.

I knew that if I wanted students to reflect, I had to teach them how to be reflective. Our children are growing up constantly rushed from one activity to the next. They are in motion from the time they climb out of bed in the morning until the time they climb back into bed at night. They have no time to sit back, take a deep breath, and reflect.

I also knew that if reflection were to become an integral part of class life, not just a "tack-on," I needed to teach students how to be reflective throughout the day. I began building five minutes into each activity or lesson just for reflection. After we finished-or even when we were in the middle of-math activities, recess games, academic choice times, class meetings, or class projects, we'd stop and talk about what worked well, what didn't, what was fun, what wasn't, and why.

The end-of-the-day closing meeting became a natural outgrowth of this work together. I stopped the last academic class earlier than before: between 3:00 and 3:05. Next, to make for a calmer ending, we took care of the "business" type things-classroom jobs, packing up belongings to go home and such-before our closing meeting. Then at 3:15, with all that activity done, we met in a circle on the carpet to close our day.

Reflecting on the day

I often began by telling the children to take a couple of deep breaths and a few quiet moments so we could all be ready to participate fully in the meeting. After this quiet time, we would celebrate the hard work we had done that day in both the academic and social arenas. I would ask, "What went well as a class today?" or "What did we really work hard on today as a class?" I'd take just a couple of ideas. A child might say that he noticed how hard everyone was working on their autobiography during writing time. Another child might say that she noticed people were remembering to raise their hand to speak instead of calling out.

Next, I'd ask what the class noticed that we might need to work on. Again, one or two children would share their ideas. This part of the meeting also told me about things I needed to reteach, model, and practice with the children, or possibly things that needed to go on our agenda for a problem-solving class meeting.

In the next part of the meeting, the children would focus on themselves as individuals. I usually offered a question or thought that would focus the children's thinking. Here are some examples:

Rate your day on a scale of 1-10, and give one reason for your rating.

What was your favorite part of the day?

What was something helpful or friendly that you did today?

Give one word to describe your learning today.

Give a gesture to describe your feelings today.

Name one thing you were grateful for today.

What was one new thing you learned today?

What was one thing you were proud of today.

What was one thing that was hard today.

After I gave the focus question and a minute or two of silent reflection time, one child would volunteer to start. We decided to use a Koosh ball as the talking piece. The child holding the Koosh ball could talk if he or she wanted to. When that child was done talking, he or she would pass the ball to the next person in the circle. The ball would travel all the way around, giving anyone who wanted to talk an opportunity to do so without having to raise his or her hand.

Of course, because of time, we decided to limit each child to saying up to three sentences. (Giving a specific and focused question also helped limit how much each person said.) The children also had the option to pass when the Koosh ball came to them. Giving the ball to the next person without saying anything signified a pass.

After everyone who wanted to share (including me) had spoken, I would ask a few children to summarize, make connections, and share observations about the class's reflections.

Finally, our meeting would often close with something fun, like singing a couple of verses of a favorite song. I would then dismiss a few children at a time to pick up their book bags and coats from their desks, stack their chairs, and line up.

Variations on the format

Depending on how the day had gone, I would vary the format on the closing meeting. Some days we'd feel exhausted and overwhelmed. We'd then decide as a class to skip the reflection and dialogue, going straight to doing something to energize ourselves and make us laugh together. Usually we'd get up and sing a silly song or do "Aroostasha," and we'd all leave feeling relaxed and exhilarated.

Other days, the children would be so interested in the current read-aloud book that we'd decide to finish it during our closing meeting.

Sometimes the class would have so much to say that we'd bring our journals to the carpet and spend part of our closing meeting doing some writing about our day before talking about it.

There are lots of ways to bring closure to a day of hard work. The important thing is to read your class and decide what will best meet everyone's needs on that particular afternoon.

After the closing meeting was up and running in our classroom, life at the end of the day looked dramatically different: Twenty-eight children and me sitting calmly in a circle with all the day's business behind us, a Koosh ball being passed around the circle, children commenting reflectively about the day. The meeting comes to an end as the class sings "Dreamer," on of their favorites. The bell rings and the children and teacher exit feeling a sense of closure and peace, humming a few bars of "Dreamer."

Now that's what I call a good ending!

How to play Aroostasha
(A-roos-ta-shá)

1. Have students stand in a circle with their hands clasped in front of them (fingers interlaced).

2. Chant "aroostasha, aroostasha, aroostasha-sha," while moving your clasped hands from the right side of your body to the left, and pulsing your hands up and down to the beat. Then do the chant while moving your hands back tot he right side of your body, pulsing to the beat as you go. Have your class repeat the chang and body movements after you.

3. Call out "thumbs up." Repeat step 2, with both hands clasped and thumbs up.

4. Call out "thumbs up, wrists together." Do step 2 again, with hands clasped, thumbs up, and wrists together.

5. Call out "thumbs up, wrists together, elbows in." Do step 2 with hands clasped, thumbs up, wrists together, and elbows in. By now your class should be able to do the movements as soon as you call out the instruction without first having to see you demonstrate.

Keep going in this manner, adding one body position at a time. For example, you can add: Knees together, Toes in, Bottom out, Tongue out (Ever try to say "Aroostasha" with your tongue out? Kids will really get a laugh out of this!).

Carol Davis is now the associate director of professional services at Northeast Foundation for Children. Before joining the NEFC staff, she was a Responsive Classroom consulting teacher and also an elementary school teacher and counselor. She's the co-author of Parents and Teachers Working Together.

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Our Guided Meditation for Kids Scripts are extremely popular among our readers. They've been part of each issue of our digital magazine since the early days. You'll also find all of our guided meditation scripts for kids on our website over the years

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One of my favorite parts of the school day is our closing circle. For me, it has always felt like a calm oasis just before the micro-chaos of dismissal.

Years ago, I wanted a ritual for my class. I wanted something that would signal it was the end of our work together for the day and would feel like a special, calm way to transition out.

Sort of in the moment, I invented a call-and-response bit of prose that ended up being something that we've done at closing circle every day since in my classroom.

We call it "the wish." We hold hands as we sit in our circle. I say the first line and the children repeat it back to me and we go from there. After the first few weeks of school, the students learn the wish and want to take the chance to lead it themselves. It then becomes one of our class jobs and rotates through everyone in the class.

In case you cannot see the text above, here is the wish:

And we'll all be together tomorrow (or "on Monday...")

To be in our first grade community.

(The leader says one line, and everyone repeats that line back to them)

Rituals and routines make up so much of our adult lives: with family, at work, with friends, that I guess it just makes sense to make sure we're creating these with our students in our own classroom communities.

What other rituals do you use to close the day with your students?

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One of my favorite parts of the school day is our closing circle. For me, it has always felt like a calm oasis just before the micro-chaos of dismissal. Years ago, I wanted a ritual for my class.

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My kids LOVE m&m's, they may or may not be used frequently as a bribe in our household.
I found this idea on Pinterest and it's been sitting around on one of my "Boards" forever!! I've modified he original game a bit to fit my families particular needs and I think it turned out great! We will be doing the activity on Monday when James' Mobile Therapist is out, so Ill let you know how it goes.

I've made two versions of the M&M game, the first one focuses on feelings and the second focuses on feeling Angry and calming down. You will need to print out a game board, you could either print one for the whole family to share or print mini boards so each person has their own. I laminated mine so we can use them again without getting them ruined. Each person will need a fun size bag of M&M's or an assortment of 10 or so M&M's. You can go around in a circle each taking a turn, pulling out a M&M and doing what the game board says.

Here is a link to my post about our Calm Down Corner and strategies: Calm Down Corner

Here are both games to download from google docs. They are full page size, I just set my printer to print multiple pages to make them half or quarter page sized.

If you want to follow me on Pinterest for more great ideas, click the link on the right hand side of my blog!

Be sure to join us on Art Therapy Thursdays, for great arts and crafts ideas to use with special kiddos:

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My kids LOVE m&m's, they may or may not be used frequently as a bribe in our household. I found this idea on Pinterest and it's been sitting around on one of my "Boards" forever!! I've modified he original game a bit to fit my families particular needs and I think it turned out great!

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End of the Day Jar- Questions Cards for Community Building in the Classroom

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Need an idea to end the day? The End of the Day Jar has 24 questions to ask students to get them talking about their school day. This helps build community in the classroom. You can call on students to answer the questions or have them talk with a buddy.

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Format of closing circle (click to see)

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Pin by Sharon Hunt on Good Morning | Responsive classroom, Classroom meetings, This or that questions

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Jun 1, 2019 - In this document you will find 20 questions and prompts for an end-of-the-day wrap up. Each question has a prompt that can help the students start their answer or encourage them to build a complete sentence. You might also like these Morning Meeting Questions: Morning Meeting Questions & P...

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Jul 30, 2013 - Exit tickets. A wonderful tool for formative assessment, but a real pain to keep track of!! Exit tickets and I have had a love/hate relation...

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The end of the day used to be chaotic for my students and me. I would be teaching, and suddenly the bell would ring. We would rush to pack up all our belongings. Students would forget to stack their chairs, leave homework on top of their desk, and leave the room in complete chaos. There's no time to tidy up when you have a bus to catch! Does this sound familiar in your classroom? Starting closing circle taught my students and me that we could end the day as a community.

No matter how rough the day has gone, closing circle allows a class to reflect and end on a positive note. It continues to give students a sense of belonging, meaning, and significance. Every morning we hold a morning meeting to set the tone for the day- shouldn't we finish the day on a positive note as well? You can read more about morning meeting in my classroom here.

My closing circle originated from the closing circle that I learned through Responsive Classroom. Responsive Classroom is a teaching approach that focuses on social-emotional learning and academic success. If you are unfamiliar with it, I would highly recommend it. The First Six Weeks of School is a great place to start if you want to learn more about it. Responsive Classroom also offers Closing Circle: 50 Activities for Ending the Day in a Positive Way. Please note that all these links are Amazon Affiliates links. Some key parts of Responsive Classroom are Morning Meeting, Closing Circle, and Quiet Time (click for blog post links!).

Closing circle is something that can appear different for every teacher and grade. Closing circle may look completely different in your kindergarten or fifth-grade classroom - and that is okay! The important part is that closing circle is a community gathering where we celebrate the day and one another. Please remember that I specifically discuss what I do in my third-grade classroom.

Below, I listed five ways to easily implement closing circle in your classroom.

STEP 1: Find time
Closing circle only takes five to ten minutes. Yes, the time can add up quickly over the course of the year. But I will never regret missing five minutes of class. And let's be honest, how productive is a lesson at the very end of the day anyway? Students are already struggling to stay focused, wondering who is picking them up from school, thinking about a soccer practice that night, or are hearing their grumbling tummy ready for an afternoon snack. Invest in the time for closing circle- you WILL see a result in creating a sense of peace and community at the end of the school day.

STEP 2: Brainstorm rules & expectations

Before we ever start closing circle, I go over the expectations with my students. As a group we discuss what voice level we will need, and what closing circle looks like. Like any routine or procedure in class, we do interactive modeling. This means that students will be practicing and showing students what closing circle looks like. I NEVER have students demonstrate what it doesn't look like. We focus on the positives only. I am not simply showing students what to do, but instead giving students an active role so that I can assess their understanding.

One of my teammates once described interactive modeling as "pretend that your students are aliens that just arrived from another planet. You need to describe and show how to do an activity with them. Nothing is too specific. THAT is interactive modeling." A big idea in Responsive Classroom is the idea of "go slow to go fast," and I believe this is essential in every aspect of teaching.

I create two anchor charts with students. The first anchor chart describes what closing circle looks like and sounds like. The second anchor chart with the routine of closing circle. This way, students aren't raising their hands asking to share a celebration while we are still reflecting!
STEP 3: Teach closing circles routines
Below I listed the routine in my classroom. I would suggest following a similar structure (bringing kids together, reflecting on the day, a quick share, and a good-bye), but you could swap in whatever you would like! Some teachers like doing a fun game or activity at the end of the day. This has never worked well in my classroom, I find that students often get riled up or can bring hurt feelings over not winning a game into the end of the day. That's not what I want - I want the end of the day to end on peace and inclusion!

PART 1: Get kids seated
I tell students that when they finish packing up and stacking chairs, to find a seat on the ground for closing circle. I start noticing kids that I see on the floor ("I see Jenna is seated and ready for closing circle. I see Lance finishing packing and heading over"). Some years, I have a class that needs a little more incentive to finish what they are doing and start closing circle. Or at the end of the year or before winter break, I also need to add more incentive to pack up quickly. I will put a timer on the SmartBoard and tell kids that when the timer hits 0, they all need to be on the floor. They find this like a game, and usually get to the carpet super quick! However, you will always have one to two "laggers"... those kiddos who for whatever reason take forever. That's okay. You don't all need to wait for those one or two kids. They may need an extra minute or two. Just remind them to join the circle when they are all done.

I do not recommend having kids bring their backpacks/lunchboxes/coats to the rug. They often are playing with something on their keychain, or distracted. Have them leave all their belongings at their desk. Remember, be all packed and cleaned up before closing circle. Closing circle should be the very last thing of the day.

PART 2: Reflection
For Part 2, we reflect upon our day. First, I ask students where we could improve on the day. Students raise their hands to answer, and I toss them the ball. Since the end of the day can often result in students not focusing, I toss a ball to students. For some reason, students get more "into" something when a ball is included! Only the person with the ball can answer. We hear one of two students for improvement. I think that reflecting on the day is essential because verbally hearing "we could improve on our voice level in line" is a good reminder for the next day, and creates classroom goals. Then, I ask students what we rocked today. We hear one or two students for that as well.

I have teacher friends that instead of part 2 and/or part 3 prefer to do an activity or game. I noted before that I don't like doing a game or activity because students can get wild, and I would prefer to create a calm atmosphere. But if it works with your kiddos, go for it!
PART 3: Concerns & celebrations
One of my best teacher friends came up with this idea, and I implemented it in my classroom because it was such a great idea! I have a fishbowl and a box of index cards for students to write a celebration or concern on. This is something that you definitely want to practice with students to make sure that everyone understands the difference between a brag and a celebration. I allow students to write a concern or celebration to the fishbowl before school starts in the morning. This means that they cannot write something and drop it in right before closing circle, they have to wait until the next day if they forget to write their concern or celebration in the morning.

I take out and read each concern or celebration. Students usually write a celebration instead of a cause. If it's a celebration, I read it aloud. Then we applaud for that person. If it's a concern, three students can raise their hands and offer condolences, words of support, or advice. Again, this is something that you want to practice with students to make sure everyone understands what is appropriate to say to someone who is upset. I am always blown away by the responses that students give, and the empathy that is shown.

My class does a great job with remembering to not write a concern or celebration every day. We discuss as a group about how if we all put in a celebration every single day, we wouldn't be able to read them all. If you notice that there are too many concerns or celebrations each day, you could have a discussion with your class about picking the most special moments that have recently happened to them to share.

PART 4: Good-bye
Since we start the day with a greeting, we end the day with a good-bye. For our good-bye, we do a simple chant to close off the day. Our chant goes:

clap clap
snap snap
Bye bye, see you again
Hope to see you soon!
Hands up in air and wiggle fingers
Yes, I made this chant up. And yes, I am aware that it is not clever or funny. But you know what? My students respond well to it and enjoy it. They love the wiggling the fingers at the end. You could do a song at the end of the day, or students could wave to one another. It's entirely up to you and your students needs!

STEP 4: Dismiss students
Remember, you don't want chaos at the end of the day! Suddenly screaming "CLOSING CIRCLE IS OVER, GO HOME!" is probably going to undo all that hard work that you just put into creating peace. Think about how you want students to leave closing circle. Do you want them to stay seated until their bus is called? Can they walk around but won't be allowed to leave the rug? Can they grab a book and sit under their desk and read? Brainstorm ahead of time what is expected of them, and practice this procedure so that everyone knows what is expected of them.

Do you implement closing circle in your classroom? What is your classroom like at the end of the day? I would love for you to share below!

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Foster a meaningful closing circle with these reflection cards! This free resource includes 23 question prompts for your closing circle.

Closing circle is focused on ending the day on a positive note, so all question prompts are meant to inspire, reflect, and set goals.

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Foster a meaningful closing circle with these reflection cards! This free resource includes 23 question prompts for your closing circle. Closing circle is focused on ending the day on a positive note, so all question prompts are meant to inspire, reflect, and set goals. Have a great question you'd...