Personal Values Conversation Cards — Morning Meeting Questions
Values are easier to discuss in ordinary places: a family motto, a coach, a choice at recess.
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About this resource
Values are easier to discuss in ordinary places: a family motto, a coach, a choice at recess. These personal values conversation cards offer 102 morning meeting questions that help students name what they care about and notice where it comes from. They fit Grades 2–8 and build Self-Awareness.
What students practice
- Naming what matters most to them
- Noticing values learned at home and in people they admire
- Living by their values at school and at home
- Making room for two values that pull different ways
- Thinking about who they want to grow into
What’s inside
- 102 discussion questions across six focus areas of 17: What matters to me; My family and my values; People who show what I value; Living by my values at school and at home; When values pull in different directions; Values and who I want to grow into
- A mix led by observation, analytical and reflection questions (19, 19 and 18)
- Cards printed six to a page and 102 matching reflection sheets, two to a page
- 75 pages
A look inside
- “How is a value different from a rule?”
- “If your family had a motto, what might it be?”
- “When might fairness and fun pull you two ways?”
- “How are your values like a compass for the person you’re becoming?”
How to use these personal values conversation cards in morning meeting
- Morning meeting: one card in the circle, with partners talking first
- Conversation circles or SEL discussions where students draw a card at random from When values pull in different directions
- Partner or team-building icebreakers using the People who show what I value cards
- Journal writing on the reflection sheets, for instance “Which value would you put on a badge you wear every day?”
Grade fit
Younger students answer with recess, the bus and dinner at home. Older students can work through trade-offs such as wanting to win versus including everyone, which is why the set also works as conversation starters for middle school.
Digital version
The digital version turns the questions into one link: students answer on any device with no student logins and download an answer sheet to hand in.
Pairs well with
For more personal values activities, try Personal Values Scenario Cards or act out choices with Personal Values Role Play Scenarios.
Questions teachers ask
Do the family questions assume one kind of family?
No. They ask what a student’s family cares about, its traditions and its rules, and one card asks “Why might different families care about different things?”
Can students answer digitally?
Yes. Share one link; students answer on any device with no logins and download an answer sheet.
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