3 Heartfelt Valentine’s Day Morning Meeting Activities

Do your students struggle to give and receive compliments? Are students acknowledged by their peers for their strengths? A classroom is a place where there is a range of student connections. Valentine’s Day morning meeting activities are an instant way to compliment and acknowledge students.  As the amazing educator you are, you know the importance of uplifting each student in the class, but do the students do this as well? Facilitating opportunities for students to learn is the key to building strong relationships among students.

Does your class have morning meetings? If so, you know this is an essential time to build and foster relationships with your classroom.

Positive Quality Traits

Use the morning meeting time for students to share out positive quality traits. Discuss the positive traits that the students in your class have. Start by discussing what type of traits they look for in friends, family, teachers, and classmates. Continue by having each student share a positive trait about another student. Model positive sharing by telling a positive trait of a student, colleague, or friend. You may even wish to share a positive trait about each of your students. Morning meeting activities that highlight positive quality traits of your students are sure to build a sense of togetherness on Valentine’s Day.

Compliments

Valentine’s Day in school is a great time to share your love and appreciation for members of the school community. By giving an unexpected compliment to an unsuspecting classmate, teacher, or staff member you can put a smile on their face. Your students can brighten a person’s day by sharing something they wouldn’t expect to hear. Use a Valentine’s Day morning meeting activity to improve your students’ ability to give compliments. Start by defining and discussing how to give a compliment. Next, have the students practice with peers. Continue by having the students write out an unexpected compliment. Finally, find time to hand-deliver the written compliment. Watch as the classroom and school community is filled with joy.

Bulletin Boards

Work together to create a Valentine’s Day Bulletin Board and use your morning meeting to plan it out! Discuss what makes your class special and design a Valentine’s Day Bulletin Board that highlights their strengths as a class.

Writing

Use this opportunity to highlight your student’s writing. Have them write Valentine’s Day-themed essays. When other students at your school see the Valentine’s Day morning meeting activity that spread from the classroom to a bulletin board they will be uplifted by your classes’ Valentine’s Day-themed writings.

Valentine’s Day Writing Prompts

1. Describe a person you love.

2. Tell about a time someone gave you an unexpected compliment.

3. Write a love story.

4. Tell the story of how you met your best friend.

5. Describe the positive quality traits of a good friend.

Book Review

At this point in the year, I’m sure your students have read their way through many wonderful books. The morning meeting is a great way for students to share out how they connected to their favorite books. Use Valentine’s Day as a way to highlight their favorites. Create a candy heart-inspired “Box of Books” to share and review the favorite books of the year. Promote literacy in a sweet and student lead way by creating a Valentine’s Day bulletin board.

All About Me

Yes, the all about me has probably been done at the beginning of the year, am I right? Valentine’s Day likely falls near a semester or trimester and I bet those class lists have changed since day one. Use your Valentine’s Day morning meeting for students to reconnect with the students in their class or school by learning more about each other. Use a Valentine’s Day bulletin board to highlight the uniqueness of the students in your class and share their brilliance with the rest of the school.

More School Activities

Valentine’s Day morning meeting activities can extend beyond the scheduled time. Keep the connection going beyond the morning meeting.

• Have a class snowball fight using positive quality traits to describe a classmate. Have students write down their descriptions on a piece of paper, crumple it up, and let the fun begin.  After the snowball fight, each person will read the snowballs they have collected, while the class guesses who they are describing.
• Write and illustrate a Valentine’s Day card to the class. Post each of the cards on the wall and do a gallery walk so that all can read.

Valentine’s Day Literacy Ideas

Looking for the coolest Valentine’s gifts to give that also double as literacy activities? Take a peek at 5 Favorite School Valentine Ideas. I’m obsessed with the Slinky Class Valentines. Stretch out sounds and have fun with this cute Valentine. Practice spelling or CVC words with the Poppin’ Valentines.

Valentine’s Day Math Activities

Make math fun for your students on Valentine’s Day by incorporating 5 Valentine’s Day Math Activities That Are So Fun into your day. Win over your students on Valentine’s day with these engaging activities by Teaching with Kaylee B. Check out her Valentine’s Day math craftivity to send your students home with an adorable craft and practice fact fluency!

Valentine’s Day Games

I don’t know about you, but I love a good round of Minute to Win It games. Valentine’s Day is a great way to get creative and build classroom community. Learn how to incorporate this game and so much more into your Valentine’s Day with 5 Engaging Valentine’s Day Games for the Classroom. If you’re in search of more strategies to support the social and emotional needs of students in your class take a look at what A Fresh Breath on Teaching with Molly has to offer.

Wishing you and your class a fun-filled Valentine’s Day!

Dare to Soar!