Routine and structure are important to being able to understand our world. Having our routine so completely disrupted and so suddenly has been very difficult for everyone.
Something we do everyday in class is hold a morning meeting. Our morning meeting keeps us connected to what day it is, what has happened since we last met, and lets up know what we have to look forward too. When people stop attending to the calendar most of us loose the ability to know what day it is and what's going on in our world.
Morning meeting not only teaches and reinforces basic calendar and number skills, it encourages communication skills while incorporating memory and recall, and critical thinking skills. We will go over the weather so we know what to wear and can make plans for when we have to leave the building. We problem solve a social scenario and talk about a current event. Morning meeting is such a fixture in our routine that when something out of the ordinary happens, we can hold a morning meeting and get back on track.
This can be done with any calendar. There are many virtual calendars either online or on any device. Dollar Tree has several calendars in lots of great designs if you want a hard copy to work with. I converted the calendar my son gave me and posted it below, the "NOTES" section made a great place to house the scenario of the day. I've also included a Calendar Companion and Weather Journal I found.
Something we do everyday in class is hold a morning meeting. Our morning meeting keeps us connected to what day it is, what has happened since we last met, and lets up know what we have to look forward too. When people stop attending to the calendar most of us loose the ability to know what day it is and what's going on in our world.
Morning meeting not only teaches and reinforces basic calendar and number skills, it encourages communication skills while incorporating memory and recall, and critical thinking skills. We will go over the weather so we know what to wear and can make plans for when we have to leave the building. We problem solve a social scenario and talk about a current event. Morning meeting is such a fixture in our routine that when something out of the ordinary happens, we can hold a morning meeting and get back on track.
This can be done with any calendar. There are many virtual calendars either online or on any device. Dollar Tree has several calendars in lots of great designs if you want a hard copy to work with. I converted the calendar my son gave me and posted it below, the "NOTES" section made a great place to house the scenario of the day. I've also included a Calendar Companion and Weather Journal I found.
calendar_companion.pdf |
weatherjournal.pages |