Responsive classroom kindergarten

Need some great ideas for greetings for morning meetings in your K-2 classroom? Try these 30+ engaging and creative "hello's"!

Find 45 different morning meeting activities for kindergarten (and preschool and first grade, too!) Includes several ways to adapt morning meeting (and greetings) to a virtual meeting on Zoom or Google Meet. These free, fun ideas are perfect for the classroom or distance learning. Use these morning meeting activities in your student-centered, responsive classroom. You will love how the contribute to classroom community! #MorningMeeting #MorningGreetings #PrimaryDelight

Are you ready for back to school? I am! Actually, we already had our first day of school and we are just about in full swing. It was a great first 3 days of school and I know next week will be even better as we begin to build some routines. Here are a few of my favorite things from the first day. You are "of-fish-ally" in kindergarten! I had a spot ready for every student with a water bottle (super important!), gold fish, coloring page, and this year I added a little pencil box with…

What is more important than having a solid morning routine in kindergarten? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Without it your day can spiral out of control in no time. I have lived to tell the tale and let me tell you, it isn't pretty! I have had a lot of questions lately about classroom management and how to get into a good routine so today I will give you a few ideas (and remind myself) of some fool proof morning routines to start from day one. #1 Morning Work As soon as my students walk in the…

Closing Circle in the classroom The end of the day used to be chaotic for my students and me. I would be teaching, and suddenly the bell would ring. We would rush to pack up all our belongings. Students would forget to stack their chairs, leave homework on top of their desk, and leave the […]

Transform your classroom community by teaching social emotional learning. Give students the skills to understand and regulate their feelings, set goals, and build positive relationships with others.

Classroom management is one of the most important things a teacher can master. Here are 2 kindergarten classroom management ideas that work!

A daily closing circle will build classroom community. Students will maintain positive relationships while collaborating and having fun.

You classroom can run like a well oiled machine with a good classroom management plan in place. These tips and ideas will help you do that!

Hello friends! This is the final week for The Morning Meeting and it is all about the Morning Message. This is the fourth and final component of the morning meeting. If you would like to see my reflections on the first 3 components see them here: Greeting, Sharing, and Group Activity. This chapter lays out the purpose for the morning message (which I love examining the purpose first...otherwise why do we bother?). Morning message is meant to: Build community through shared written…