Distance Learning Morning Meeting ideas – Would you Rather have students in seat or virtual?!

Taking a spin off the Virtual Morning Meeting post , I think we know the answer to that!

Morning Meeting, Icebreakers, Get to know you ideas for distance learning – got you covered!

Here’s a morning meeting idea for Zoom (modified for in person) but easy to use for back to school 2020 that you can use virtually.

These virtual distance learning morning meeting idea for kindergarten all the way up through middle school and will get you excited to connect with students!

This virtual morning meeting ideas work in person but seriously the BEST ideas all compiled together for you!

What’s a good virtual morning meeting idea?

Morning meetings are a time to check with students and provide social emotional support.

Morning meetings (establishing them back to school) provide a time to purposefully build classroom community. This list has some great FREE ideas BUT keep scrolling for some unique ides to keep your students engaged!

I love using Would You Rather or sometimes called This or That, where students have to decide between options as a morning meeting activity.

This version is great for Back to School (or works year round)

How to use Would You Rather as a Virtual Morning Meeting Option?

Would you Rather makes a fun distance learning morning meeting option because it gives students choice AND in my version incorporates movement as well.

Would You Rather morning meeting works for all year! Great to get to know and connect with students and have fun engaging discussions!

This virtual distance learning Would You rather saves you $$ so you can use it ALL. YEAR. LONG.

Let’s take this Would You Rather Activity example: (from March but there is options for each month!)

This is a great virtual morning meeting game with morning meeting questions that get students thinking.

They choose one of the options and use the movement below to indicate their choice – this works in person or for virtual morning meetings.

Would you Rather as a virtual morning meeting activity sets the tone for students and although playful can give insight and fun into connecting with students which is most important!

Ways to use this virtual morning meeting activity:

Seeing that Would You Rather works in person or virtual as a morning meeting activity you can use it many ways!

Here are some fun ways to use Would You Rather morning meeting questions in your classroom (spoiler alert: doesn’t have to be in the morning!)

• start off the morning with a fun question that students respond to and have discussions around

• When students choose an option have that group work together to debate and form reasons why their option is best.

• Use the questions as a writing prompt for student journals

• Display in a writing center or keep on a key ring for students to flip through and answer

If you want to SAVE even more time….there are monthly bundles so you have virtual morning meeting activities for EVERYDAY (and more!)