Self contained morning meeting

Having a solid morning meeting routine in your special education classroom will benefit your special ed students in so many ways. But you might be wondering what you should include in your morning meeting routine. Today, I am sharing 3 things you need to include in your morning meeting. You need calendar activities to work on days of the week, yesterday/today/tomorrow, months, dates, year, weather, and more. You also need to work on feelings and emotions. Learn more!

Morning meeting routines are one of the most important routines to set up in your classroom. How you start the day in a special education classroom sets the tone for the rest of the day. If you are looking for ideas and activities to add to your morning meeting, here are 10 topics you can include in your elementary or special needs classroom. These activities are designed to target functional life skills, social skills, language and math skills with your special needs students.

Morning Meeting is an ESSENTIAL part of your day in a self contained classroom. Read on to find out why we do morning meeting, some tips for routine, and how to differentiate on the spot for all learners. Why should you do morning meeting? Morning meeting is essential for self contained classrooms. Why? Because of […]

Morning meeting is one of my favorite parts of our day! I love that it is so structured, consistent and it gets us started on the right track. When I switched over to teaching more severe students, I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to incorporate a lot into my morning meetings. In the past, we had a large hands-on calendar binder that the students used to follow along with me. When I whipped out those bad boys this year, I was like "whoa, this is not going to work" that binder may…

Morning meeting is a fantastic time to target generalization in the special education classroom and to get students up and learning. We offer students multiple opportunities to take a turn, move or participate. We begin morning meeting by having students choose what they are working for during the group time. Most of my students are […]

Ideas for circle time, calendar time, morning meeting in special education or elementary education classroom. Focus on reading, literacy & communication! Tons of ideas for differentiating!

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Lisa Goodell : How to Make Morning Meeting/Circle Time Work in Self-Contained Multi-Grade Special Ed Class

Functional teaching ideas for multi-needs special education, with a transition / life skills focus.