Sharing is the second step of a morning meeting. This step allows for students and teachers to learn a vast amount of information about one another which helps create stronger relationships and friendships. During this step, every student has the opportunity to respond to a teacher selected prompt. The sharing can happen in a few different ways. Students can share one at a time out loud so that all of their peers are listening, students can share with one partner, or within a small group. This is a great opportunity to teach active listening and questioning techniques. While a student is sharing, the others (whether whole group, in partners, or small group) are actively listening and replying with questions or comments. Having the sharing portion of morning meeting occur after the greeting ensures that students still have the focus and energy in order to have meaningful conversations with their peers while practicing their social skills.
Sample Sharing Topics
What's the news?
This is a personal favorite of my students! We use this sharing topic every Monday or after a weekend. For this sharing prompt, students share what they did over the weekend. Students love this prompt because they get to share about their own lives and hear what their peers experienced as well.
5 W's
This is another personal favorite of my students! I use this sharing topic on Friday's. I have the students take time to think about what they are doing over the upcoming weekend, then they share it. Students respond to the following 5 questions: What are you doing? Who are you doing it with? When are you doing it? Where are you doing it? Why are you doing it?
What is your favorite thing to do in school?
What is your favorite game to play?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite toy?
What is your favorite book?
Would your rather questions.
These are always fun to see how students will respond when given two choices to choose between. Would you rather play in the snow or play in the sand? Would you rather be an only child or have siblings?
Your stuck in _______, what are 3 things you would take with you?
This sharing prompt is always fun, no matter what age your students are! You can choose any place for your students to be "stuck" in (the desert, a beach, on top of a mountain, etc.) and listen to what they think would be important to take with them.
Really any question that you could ask a student to learn about them, you can pose as their sharing prompt. Keeping your sharing prompts relevant to your student's lives will be the most beneficial thing you can do for them.
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