Enrichment · Wellbeing

Two weeks of morning
meetings in a minute.

Pick your grade band and a focus, and get a meeting for every day: a greeting, a sharing question, an activity and a message. Swap the parts that will not work in your room, then project one meeting at a time or print the set.

Plan the meetingsWhat you get

Plan a run of morning meetings

The worked example is made up: two weeks for a grade 3 class and a week for a grade 7 advisory. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A run of 5, 10 or 15 morning meetings for one grade band, each with a greeting, a sharing question, a group activity and a morning message, with used and starred days and notes for next time.
Who it is for
Elementary and middle school teachers, advisory leads, school counselors and homeschool families who start the day as a group.
Format
Browser planner with saved plans. Prints the meetings as cut-out cards or a list; presents one meeting at a time for the board; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Wellbeing space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Choose the grade band and, if you like, a focus for the sharing questions.
  2. Read the run and swap any day whose activity does not fit your room or schedule.
  3. Edit the morning message on the board to match the real day.
  4. Present the day’s meeting on the board, and mark it used afterward.
  5. Star the meetings that worked and note who has not shared yet.

Plan the meetings

What a morning meeting is for

Four parts, about twenty minutes1GreetingEvery student hears their namesaid kindly2SharingA few students share; othersask a question3Group activityShort, active, everyoneincluded4Morning messageA note that sets up the day’slearningFour parts, about twenty minutes1GreetingEvery student hears their name saidkindly2SharingA few students share; others ask aquestion3Group activityShort, active, everyone included4Morning messageA note that sets up the day’s learning
Drawn for this page. The four-part format follows the widely used morning meeting model.

Belonging first

A meeting where every student is greeted by name and hears from classmates builds the sense of community that makes the rest of the day go better. Keep it predictable: the same four parts, every day.

Sharing is optional

Any student can pass. Sharing questions here are low-risk on purpose; save personal topics for one-on-one conversations, and follow up privately if something a student says worries you.

Part of a bigger picture

Daily routines like this are one way schools teach social and emotional skills. In large analyses of school programs, students in school programs that teach those skills did better socially, emotionally and academically.

Sources

  1. Kriete, R., & Davis, C. (2014). The Morning Meeting Book (3rd ed.). Center for Responsive Schools. The four-part meeting format.
  2. Durlak, J. A., et al. (2011). The impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405 to 432. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564.x
  3. Taylor, R. D., Oberle, E., Durlak, J. A., & Weissberg, R. P. (2017). Promoting positive youth development through school-based social and emotional learning interventions: A meta-analysis of follow-up effects. Child Development, 88(4), 1156 to 1171. doi:10.1111/cdev.12864
  4. CASEL: Supportive classroom environments and routines (casel.org).

Meeting parts were written for this page; the example plans are made up. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.