Grades K–5
First Week of School Morning Meetings
Five get-to-know-you morning meetings for the first week of school: name games, easy shares, a class pledge and a first-week celebration.
Classroom management printable · Morning meeting activity plans
Kindness Week Morning Meetings
Five morning meetings built around kindness: kind greetings, shares about helpers, kindness games and messages that end in a class kindness goal.
- Grade level
- Grades K–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Community building, Speaking and listening, Social skills, Starting the day together
What kids do
“Five ready-made meetings with a kindness theme. Keep a class kindness tally on the board all week.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Kind word greeting:
- “Good morning, ___.
- You are a great friend.”
- A time someone was kind to you.
- Kindness charades: act
- This week we will notice kindness. Add a tally each time you see it.
- Smile and wave: greet each friend with a big smile.
- One kind thing you could do at recess.
Teacher tip
Add a kindness jar and drop in a note each time someone does something kind.
How to use it
- Sit in a circle so everyone can see each other’s faces.
- Keep it short: 15 to 20 minutes works for most classes.
- Introduce the sheet once, model it, then make it part of a routine so kids know what to expect.
Watch for
Kids who do not want to share. Let them pass and come back later.
Talk about it
- How did it feel to be greeted by name?
- Why do you think we use this in our classroom?
Take it further
Let kids take turns leading parts of the meeting.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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