I was introduced to morning meeting for the first time in the first semesterof my jr. year in the elementary ed program at UVU. The teacher that I did my field work with used these in her classroom. She had a class president that changed weekly and they were the ones that conducted the meeting each day. The president chose how the class would great each other, and then would choose three people to share. The teacher allowed for 2 comments for each share one was for hearts and one was for wishes. After sharing the teacher would make the necessary announcements for the day, and the students would be returned to their seats using some type of activity like heads up seven up.
At the time I thought the meetings were great. I liked how the students all seemed to get along, and their didn't seem to be any major behaviors in the class. I loved how the president made each student fill welcomed each day and the overwhelming feeling of community.
When I have a my own classroom I want to have morning meetings in my classroom. I want all students to feel successful, safe and welcome.
It is proven that conducting morning meeting on a regular basis will improve your classroom community. They help students develop, empathy, responsibility, cooperation, and self control. With all of these characteristics being in check the students in your classroom are going to behave better overall and preform better academically.
