Morning Meeting Strategies by Mark https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47 Establishing a positive classroom culture en-us 2016-09-11 04:10:54 UTC 2025-12-07 11:24:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Morning Meetings mark_boyer https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/122943598 This school year, we have placed a focus on building classroom community through the use of morning meetings. Classroom culture and building rapport with students is a critical piece in improving student achievement. Since many of us are at various comfort levels with morning meetings, please share a strategy that you have used this year in which you felt was successful and went well with your morning meeting. 

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Please post at least one strategy or idea by 9/17. ]]> 2016-09-11 04:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/122943598 This game is called Alibi                                 Community Level 1 - AcquaintedMaterials: noneHow to Play: One person is chosen to leave the room as the Detective. When the person is out of the room, the leader chooses one person to be the perpetrator of the mishap and he decides what the mishap is to be. Everyone has to think of an alibi for where they were when the mishap or crime took place. (E.g., The trash can was knocked over. The person was seen eating an éclair in an art museum.) When the Detective returns, the leader tells her what crime has occurred. The Detective then goes around the circle asking each person for their alibi—"Where were you at the time of the crime?" Each player gives an alibi while the detective listens carefully. After the Detective has gone around the circle once, she goes around a second time in the same order as before, and asks the same question. Each person must give the exact same alibi as before except for the student who has been chosen as the guilty person. The guilty person changes their alibi slightly. For example, the first time the guilty person says, "I went to the park." The second time the guilty person says, "I went to the pool." The Detective gets three chances to guess the identity of the criminal. Afterward, a new Detective is chosen.Plan for Success: Brainstorm a list of alibis before you play. Make sure students are aware they have to keep their alibis exactly the same, unless they are the 'perp.' This game teaches precision, concentration, and memory!Variations: "Excuses" is a variation in which a request is made, and everyone gives an excuse for why they cannot do what is asked. All but one are honest and repeat their honest excuse accurately. It changes his excuse the second time around. Example: I need someone to babysit my little brother so I can go to a party. Will you do it? brian_blevins https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/122984405

Source:  https://www.originsonline.org/educator-help/alibi

]]> 2016-09-11 21:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/122984405 Scaffolding katienobrien https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/122993816 I have found that scaffolding helps when building the routine of morning meetings. Starting out with just the greeting and adding a component every 3 days or so until students understand & are familiar with all components. Also in primary doing an greeting/activity for multiple days & then once students have a "bank" of greetings/activities letting them choose the greeting/activity every couple of days. Also, having them "teach" new students about morning meeting/greeting/share/activity to new students/teachers or students who may have been absent. ]]> 2016-09-12 00:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/122993816 Theme kelly_livingston2 https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/124214167 I try to focus on one specific theme for a few days or a week and build activities around that. For example, we are working on active listening this week so my students have been doing community building activities that ALSO involve active listening. They have had to share things with a partner about their feelings on a topic and then each students has to tell the class how the partner felt. ]]> 2016-09-15 21:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/124214167 Statements vs. Questions https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/126822704 I have found that having students ask questions during share time has helped my young students understand the difference between a statement and a question. I try to have 1-2 students share each day. The "sharers" call on 3 students to ask a question related to their topic. ]]> 2016-09-27 21:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mark_boyer/2w5qsdke6i47/wish/126822704