I have used this interactive SMARTBoard Calendar and Morning Meeting for years now because it’s always a hit with my students. I want my students to know right off the bat that we spend this time together each day to build our classroom family and that ourĬlassroom is a safe space.
We share, we sing, we dance, and it allows my students to be comfortable and participate.
* If you would like to read more about how I use morning greetings, check out this blog post.Ĭalendar and morning meeting is a time when we all come together. It’s also a great way to help us learn each other’s names. Which is the exact reason I spend a ton of time on the first day going over morning greetingsĪnd practicing. I can wake up grumpy and walk into school but if someone stops me and says “Hey, Cecelia!” with a positive attitude, it automatically perks me Morning greetings lay the foundation for the day. We hang up our backpacks and do morning greetings. Show my students what will happen each day. The first day sets the groundwork for how you want each morning to go which is why on the first day I
