Class meetings model collaboration strategies for students. They encourage active listening, cooperation, and self-regulation. There are many types of class meetings you can hold: 

• Teacher delivers information

• Student(s) deliver information 

• Check-ins on student well-being

• Problem solving

• Community building meetings

• Project meetings

• Morning meetings 

• Brainstorming meetings 

One particularly effective use of a class meeting is making decisions as a group. During your meeting, invite students to engage in decisions that affect them and their classmates. These may include: 

• Which books should we add to the classroom library?

• Which guest speakers should we invite this year? 

• What field trips should we take this year? 

• Which classroom rules and norms should we adopt? 

• How can we honor our classroom rules and norms? 

• How and where should we display classroom work? 

• Which music should we play during transitions or breaks? 

• How should we share what we are learning? 

• How should we arrange our learning space? 

• How should we decorate our learning space?