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Morning Message Idea: Favorite Numbers

Here's a Morning Meeting message idea from 80 Morning Meeting Ideas for Grades K–2, by Susan Lattanzi Roser: Use a message like this one about favorite numbers to engage students with math. ¡Hola, Niños! Today is Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Garth is first today. Blanca is the door holder. Today,…
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Apr 11 2012

Group Activity Idea: Lost Tooth Poem

Here's a Morning Meeting activity idea from 80 Morning Meeting Ideas for Grades K–2, by Susan Lattanzi Roser: Lost Tooth Poem Children will relate to this poem about a missing tooth! My Tooth   — anonymous My tooth fell out and left a space (pantomime tooth falling out) So big my…
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Mar 29 2012

Sharing Idea: My Favorite Season . . . and Here’s Why!

Here's a Morning Meeting sharing idea from 80 Morning Meeting Ideas for Grades K–2, by Susan Lattanzi Roser: My Favorite Season . . . and Here's Why! Challenges students to articulate a reason for liking something. How to do this around-the-circle sharing: Tell children they will be telling the class…
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Mar 20 2012

Greeting Idea: Backward Day Handshake

Here's a Morning Meeting greeting idea from 80 Morning Meeting Ideas for Grades K–2, by Susan Lattanzi Roser: Backward Day Handshake Greeting Students pass along a friendly handshake, but say the greeting backward. How to do it: Choose a student to begin the greeting. The first greeter shakes hands with…
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Mar 13 2012
Photograph by Jeff Woodward.

The Feisty 5½ Year Old

There's a discernible turning point in children's fifth year where the focused, centered, rule-following kindergartner becomes the full-fledged explorer. The growth spurt that's beginning will last through the sixth year. "Stretching" is a good word for this age. Children often stretch the truth, test the rules, see what they can…
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Feb 01 2010
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The Phenomenal Fives

Oh, what fun to be five! Busy and loving every moment of it, each day is a brand-new adventure, and if the structure of life around them is strong, they’re good to go. Fives are actively and selectively receptive, as they take in the world through their senses. They see,…
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Jan 17 2010
Crowning Day for Ks

Crowning Day for Ks

Our school celebrates and welcomes our new kindergartners with a special all-school Morning Meeting affectionately known as “Crowning Day.” Planning for Crowning Day begins before the kindergartners start school. The fifth graders look forward to their new responsibility as we match each of them with a K-buddy. The third and…
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Aug 01 2005

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