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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the original issue. The morning meeting is meant to build in-person community during the school year. It is not going to be effective online with a big group of kids. I would suggest that the class be divided into groups of eight, and then those eight kids meet online for fifteen minutes with the teacher, an IA, the guidance counselor, art teacher, or whoever can be free, and those groups can get to know each other over time. It would take some planning, and the morning meetings might need to be staggered throughout the day to get each elementary kid in a small group. Then the teacher leader can go over the calendar skills or talk about the number of the day and let the kids report on what pets they have, etc., and then segue into academics. This can be guided social-emotional learning and kids will get more attention and be less bored. Sitting through thirty minutes of morning meeting with 25 other kids is going to wear out the little ones. It is part of oral language development and building interpersonal skills in a regular classroom, but not online, especially not with kids that are new to each other. Get the academics across first. Arrange for kids to make social connections in small groups as needed.[/quote]

Our school is starting the year doing small group connection building during the Monday morning intervention block. [/quote]

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