When did Labor Day start?
You start the day with a message written to your class. The idea is to give them a heads-up about what’s on the agenda for that day and you try to build the class’s enthusiasm and motivation. Finishing the morning message is an interactive question where each child makes a response. (can be a survey type question and should be related to your curriculum and current lessons. Example: What do you think was the most difficult challenge for pioneers? Leaving their home…weather, threat of Native Americans, sickness, other) This will be reviewed and discussed at the end of Morning Meeting. Start with everyone sitting so they can see each other. A meeting circle is great but I have had large classes turn their chairs in a way where we form somewhat of a circle; some might call it a puddl…
