Hi everyone! Today's post is all about the "group activity/game" portion of Morning Meeting. If you are new to the blog, be sure to check out part 1: What is Morning Meeting? as well as part 2: The Greeting and part 3: Sharing. Today's post is the final one in the series, "The Group Activity." Group activities are short, quick, and involve the whole class. During the group activity portion of Morning Meeting, everyone plays a game, recites a poem, sings a song, has a structured discussion, or does an activity together. The activities can be "just for fun" or can include academic components that go along with what you're doing in class. The group activity is great for exercising self-control, listening, and following directions. Most importantly, this helps build a positive classroom community!! Group activities are cooperative and not competitive.
Some of my favorite group activities are I Have, Who Has, Beanbag, Beanbag, Who's Missing, and singing Dr. Jean songs. You can check out my Morning Meeting Group Activity (Games) Pack below. It includes 32 different group activity/game cards. I laminated mine and put them on a ring. I keep them near my rug, so I can quickly pull a card for our group activity during Morning Meeting.
For this portion of MM, you'll want to be sure you model appropriate behavior when introducing each activity. Things like how to participate, how to wait your turn, how to include everyone, how to self-regulate, and how to move in the circle/on the rug are a few things to keep in mind when you're explaining/modeling the activity. Interactive modeling is a fantastic way to show kids exactly what and what is NOT expected of them. My kids always love doing this. I model the incorrect behavior and they tell me what's wrong with it. Then, I select 1-2 kids to model the correct behavior. Works like a charm!
My favorite group activities are playing I Have, Who Has, playing Beanbag Beanbag, playing Who's Missing, and singing Dr. Jean songs. I keep my group activities/games laminated and on a ring near my rug. It makes it simple for me to select a game for the day. You can check out my group activities/game pack below, by clicking the cover image.
For this portion of MM, you'll want to be sure you model appropriate behavior when introducing each activity. Things like how to participate, how to wait your turn, how to include everyone, how to self-regulate, and how to move in the circle/on the rug are a few things to keep in mind when you're explaining/modeling the activity. Interactive modeling is a fantastic way to show kids exactly what and what is NOT expected of them. My kids always love doing this. I model the incorrect behavior and they tell me what's wrong with it. Then, I select 1-2 kids to model the correct behavior. Works like a charm!
My favorite group activities are playing I Have, Who Has, playing Beanbag Beanbag, playing Who's Missing, and singing Dr. Jean songs. I keep my group activities/games laminated and on a ring near my rug. It makes it simple for me to select a game for the day. You can check out my group activities/game pack below, by clicking the cover image.
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xo,
Megan
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