Sometimes it's hard to remember WHAT we were talking about.

Many of us who teach in elementary school begin our day with something called a Morning Meeting. (As many of you already know.) This is a great way to build community in the classroom, and get to know the children better. We always begin Morning Meeting with a friendly greeting to one another, and then we do some telling sharing. This is the time we get a peek into what’s important to the children! Here is what happened today.

Sam: Last night I slept all night with my nightlight on, and not the hall light!

Jack: I slept in my own bed last night - all night long!

Carrie: My brother has a chicken that squeaks, and this morning at the bus stop I told him to keep squeaking it, and he did!

Lily: I am having a play date tomorrow with my friend Mary and we are going to do fun stuff! We are going to chase the cat all around the house!

Suzy: I have a big dog, and he looks like a bear and he likes to chase cats. He doesn’t eat the cats, but he does chew on chipmunks.

Ashley: Last night Stanley was in my bed. Then, he was trying hard to cough up a fur ball and it was gross. He always does that but the fur ball never comes out.

Hannah: My sister is going to a magic show, and she is going into a box and she is going to get sawed in half! Then she’s going to come home and saw me in half! (This was followed by a lot of crying- but we convinced her that magic was make-believe.)

Frank: I have rabbits and I know how they make babies. You put the boy in the girl’s cage. He jumps on her back. They shake around. Then we have to take the boy out of the cage and they have babies.

Luke: That’s disgusting.

Okay class, I think that might be enough sharing for the day…