Morning Meeting Questions for the Classroom

A tiny robot joins your class. What useful job would you give it?

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The robot could ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

How would you show the robot what to do?

You find a door to a place no one has visited. Where does it lead?

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The door leads to ___, where ___.

Optional follow-up

What would you notice first when you stepped through?

You can name a new kind of cloud. What would you call it?

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I would call it ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What would this cloud look like from the ground?

You can give a pencil one extra ability. What should it do?

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My pencil could ___, which would help with ___.

Optional follow-up

What would you try with it first?

A story character visits your classroom. What would you show them first?

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I would show them ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What question might the character ask about your classroom?

Your class plants a magic seed. What surprising thing grows from it?

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The seed grows into ___ that can ___.

Optional follow-up

How would the class take care of it?

Your class designs a playground on the moon. What should it include?

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It should include ___ so that ___.

Optional follow-up

What would make it different from a playground on Earth?

Would you rather explore a tiny world or a giant world?

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I would explore ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What would you need to take with you?

Would you rather solve a mystery or invent a new game?

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I would rather ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What would your first step be?

For a class mascot, would you choose an owl, an octopus, or a turtle?

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I would choose the ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What helpful habit could your mascot remind the class of?

Would you rather help plan a class garden or a class museum?

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I would help plan ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What is one thing your group could add?

Would you rather ask a scientist one question or ask an inventor one question?

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I would ask the ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What would you ask?

Imagine your class gets ten extra minutes. Would you choose drawing, a puzzle, or a story?

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I would choose ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What could make that activity fun for a group?

Would you rather discover a new color or invent a new musical instrument?

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I would rather ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

How would you describe your discovery or invention to someone else?

Would you rather build something that rolls, floats, or flies?

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I would build something that ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What would you want it to carry?

What is something you enjoy doing when you have a few free minutes?

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When I have a few free minutes, I like to ___.

Optional follow-up

What do you enjoy about it?

What is something you'd like to try someday?

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Someday, I'd like to try ___.

Optional follow-up

What makes you curious about it?

What kind of story do you enjoy—funny, adventurous, mysterious, or something else?

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I enjoy ___ stories.

Optional follow-up

What makes a story interesting to you?

What is a sound you enjoy hearing?

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I enjoy hearing ___.

Optional follow-up

Where might you hear it?

When you have an idea, do you like to draw it, write it down, or talk about it?

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When I have an idea, I like to ___.

Optional follow-up

Why does that way work for you?

What is a topic you enjoy learning about?

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I enjoy learning about ___.

Optional follow-up

What is one question you have about it?

Two classmates have different ideas for a group project. What could they try first?

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They could ___ so that ___.

Optional follow-up

How could they decide what to do next?

A group has four jobs and three people. How could they share the work?

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They could share the work by ___.

Optional follow-up

What could they do if one job takes longer than the others?

Your group is building a paper tower. It keeps falling. What could you try next?

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We could try ___ to ___.

Optional follow-up

How could you find out which change helped?

Your group invents a game. How would you explain the rules to a new player?

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First, the player needs to know ___.

Optional follow-up

How could you check that the rules are clear?

Your class is making a sign for new students. What helpful tip should it include?

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The sign could say, "___."

Optional follow-up

Where would you put the sign so someone could find it?

How would you organize a classroom library so books are easy to find?

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I would organize the books by ___ so that ___.

Optional follow-up

What could a label or sign show to help someone find a book?

What ordinary classroom object deserves a "most useful" award?

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I would nominate ___ because ___.

Optional follow-up

What would be harder to do without it?

Your class can teach a visitor one simple skill. What should it be?

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We could teach the visitor how to ___.

Optional follow-up

What would the first instruction be?

What could your class do with a box of leftover paper?

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Our class could turn the paper into ___.

Optional follow-up

How could you use as much of the paper as possible?