Morning meetings are a fun and easy way to start the day in the classroom. Students will be asked to join in a circle on the carpet or to arrange their desks in a way where they can see everyone in the room. “The overarching goals of morning meetings are to promote emotional awareness, establish trust and psychological safety, support social-emotional needs for academic engagement, foster a sense of connection and community, and encourage collaboration and teamwork,” (Woolf, 2021). That is exactly what you want to do. From the very beginning of the school year, establish a routine with the students to know when and where morning meeting will take place. When doing morning meetings, always start off with a greeting. Have an object that is used (a ball, a stuffed animal, a classroom mascot, etc.) that is passed from student to student as they say good morning. Students should say, “Good morning (student name)”, then the student passes the object to that student. That student says good morning to the first student and then turns and repeats the same process. Remind students to practice good listening skills and maintain eye contact with the classmate that is greeting them. Once all the way around the circle, the teacher chooses a topic that the students will discuss with each other. Some ideas for the topic may be: what is your least favorite food? What is your favorite color? What did you do over the weekend? and many more. Students will follow the same procedures as before, answering the question as a complete sentence, and passing the object to the classmate next to them. Once every student has shared, the teacher can move on and begin to discuss the daily routine for the day. This is the conclusion of the morning meeting, and the class can begin with the next step in their daily routine.