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The Ultimate Morning Meeting Playbook: Resources 

The resources below have been created to strengthen your implementation of Morning Meeting. Many of these items are referred to throughout the book. Click on the titles that are underlined to access Google doc templates that you can save and edit.

Keep checking back as we continue to add more resources to support you and your students! 

Students Responding to the Morning Message

Watch this video to see a fourth grade classroom interacting with the morning message. 

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Picture books area powerful way to teach big concepts in small moments. Click to find a list of books that aligns to the SEL skills highlighted in our book. *Note - some books on the list are featured on the website Storyline Online. 

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Click on the link above to access individual posters each SEL Skill and classroom posters aligned to the rules

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Click on the underlined text above.  Click on the blue box in the upper right corner to download template.

Click on the underlined text above to download a printable page for students to fill out after discussing how they can respond to disappointment. 

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When students struggle it can help to problem solve using a Y chart: What should it look like, sound like, and feel when we are ____ . 

Teaching students deep breathing exercises helps them to self-regulate and increases focus. Click on the underlined text above to view a website with deep breathing exercises for each month of the year 

Refine your language to empower your students. This chart will help you to use teacher language that is effective and restorative. 

A Heart to Heart Chat is a strategy for addressing a specific problem that a student is having (used with only one student to focus on solving one problem). Use this planning guide with six crucial steps to create a conversation that empowers students for lasting changes to puzzling behaviors. 

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This script can be used for a role play that supports students as they navigate the playground. 

Use these 5 steps to teach and practice routines and procedures for academic, social, and emotional skills in the classroom. 

Problem Solving Classroom Circles can effectively take care of the issues that inevitably occur during the course of the year. These issues should be ones that the whole class might be experiencing, and they should be immediate and solvable.

For MS/HS Template click here

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