"Morning" meetings are most often held daily in each classroom. Depending on daily schedules, some classrooms will conduct these meetings in the afternoons. The morning meeting has four elements:

• Greeting: Children learn and use everyone's name and practice welcoming each other.
• Sharing: This fulfills the need for belonging, helps ease the transition from home to school, and allows children to use oral language & practice listening skills.
• Group Activity: This builds class cohesion and spirit, increases classroom participation, and encourages cooperation.
• News and Announcements: These help to orient students to the class day. They are done so that the children can practice social and academic skills. These skills include oral and written expression, listening, relating meaningful experiences to print, and working cooperatively.