I have to say that I wasn't all that pumped on it beforehand. I honestly thought that it was just going to be like any other lecture. I was wrong. It was so awesome. I left there feeling like I could have listened to her for another 2 hours. Sylvia Allen was our guest, and she talked about the importance of having a morning meeting in your classroom each day. She covered a lot of different benefits you receive from doing morning meetings, and a lot of different things you need to make sure to include in order for them to be efficient. My favorite take away for the day was how she reiterated so many times the importance of the kids having time to "share." Each student needs a chance to talk during the day, and morning meeting is a safe place for that to happen, because everyone is successful in morning meeting, and everyone says something. For some students, this may be the only time they ever share during the day, and so it is very important. My very favorite was that she was constantly making connections for the kids. If two kids happened to mention that they like ice cream, she would make that connection for them, and point out that they now had something in common, and they could possibly talk about that at recess, and play together. AWESOME. I know that kids have trouble "fitting in", or finding "connections" on their own, so how genius is that to just take a second and point that out for them. So awesome. I have to say that I loved the whole lecture, and i feel empowered to incorporate a meaningful morning meeting into my daily schedule.Monday, February 3, 2014
Guest Speaker ~ Sylvia Allan
We had a guest speaker in our Differentiation class on Monday, January 27.
I have to say that I wasn't all that pumped on it beforehand. I honestly thought that it was just going to be like any other lecture. I was wrong. It was so awesome. I left there feeling like I could have listened to her for another 2 hours. Sylvia Allen was our guest, and she talked about the importance of having a morning meeting in your classroom each day. She covered a lot of different benefits you receive from doing morning meetings, and a lot of different things you need to make sure to include in order for them to be efficient. My favorite take away for the day was how she reiterated so many times the importance of the kids having time to "share." Each student needs a chance to talk during the day, and morning meeting is a safe place for that to happen, because everyone is successful in morning meeting, and everyone says something. For some students, this may be the only time they ever share during the day, and so it is very important. My very favorite was that she was constantly making connections for the kids. If two kids happened to mention that they like ice cream, she would make that connection for them, and point out that they now had something in common, and they could possibly talk about that at recess, and play together. AWESOME. I know that kids have trouble "fitting in", or finding "connections" on their own, so how genius is that to just take a second and point that out for them. So awesome. I have to say that I loved the whole lecture, and i feel empowered to incorporate a meaningful morning meeting into my daily schedule.
I have to say that I wasn't all that pumped on it beforehand. I honestly thought that it was just going to be like any other lecture. I was wrong. It was so awesome. I left there feeling like I could have listened to her for another 2 hours. Sylvia Allen was our guest, and she talked about the importance of having a morning meeting in your classroom each day. She covered a lot of different benefits you receive from doing morning meetings, and a lot of different things you need to make sure to include in order for them to be efficient. My favorite take away for the day was how she reiterated so many times the importance of the kids having time to "share." Each student needs a chance to talk during the day, and morning meeting is a safe place for that to happen, because everyone is successful in morning meeting, and everyone says something. For some students, this may be the only time they ever share during the day, and so it is very important. My very favorite was that she was constantly making connections for the kids. If two kids happened to mention that they like ice cream, she would make that connection for them, and point out that they now had something in common, and they could possibly talk about that at recess, and play together. AWESOME. I know that kids have trouble "fitting in", or finding "connections" on their own, so how genius is that to just take a second and point that out for them. So awesome. I have to say that I loved the whole lecture, and i feel empowered to incorporate a meaningful morning meeting into my daily schedule.
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I totally knew this would be right up your alley... You'll have a gift for the way you pull off your morning meetings! Can't wait! 5 pts.
ReplyDeleteBristi, how can I help you stay regular with your blogging? I don't want you to miss the "on time" points for posting every week. I will try to be more timely with my reading and responding... will that help?
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