Greeting
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Greet using
tent card
with name
printed
backwards
on the other
side.
Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom
Look who’s
here in our
room (then
say name)
Knock,knock Greet with a
Who’s there high five
(first name)
How do you
have the
most fun—
alone, with a
large group,
with a few
friends—
why?
SPELL
DAYS OF
WEEK
How do you
How do you
feel during a
feel on a
thunderstorm? warm sunny
day?
How do you
feel when you
want
something very
badly and you
cannot have it?
Why is this so
important to
have?
How do you
feel when
you do
something
that is very
good?
CAN YOU
GUESS? Have
PLACE
VALUE
Guess the
word
MISMATCH
a notecard on
their desk and
tell them to write
facts such as “I
love insects, I am
the oldest of 3
kids”. These
facts should be
true and
appropriate to
share. They
should not put
their name on
the card. Bring
card to meeting,
collect and
shuffle- pass out.
Students take
turns reading
cards and
guessing who it
is.
Using white
boards, student
writes a 4 or 5
digit number –
not showing
anyone else.
They have to
line up from
greatest to
least. (talking
or not talking)
Put a word etc.
from our map
skills on a
student’s back.
Others have to
give a hint
about the
meaning and
the student has
to guess.
Each spells a
letter. If
student gets
the letter “d”,
they need to sit
down.
12/9
(first name
who?)
(student says
first and last
name)
12/10
Show a prop
(pencil, etc)
and brainstorm
what you know
about it. When
everyone is
ready, the first
student takes
the prop, turns
to their
neighbor and
says, “Good
morning,__.
Did you know
(they say a fact
about the
prop)?
The 2nd student
says “Good
morning, ___/
Yes, I know.”
Then repeats
the process
with the person
next to them.
Using the
paper about
classificationread a list to
each student to
see if that
student can
find the
mismatch.
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Group says ”Jump in”
and the student being
greeted jumps toward
the middle of the
circle. Then group
says”jump out”
Student jumps back to
spot. Group says
“Turn yourself about”
Student spins around
until facing again.
Group: We want to
know your name, so
please call it out.
Student responds with
name. GROUP:
Good morning,
Ball Greeting
Closed eye
Greeting
Snowball
fight
Students sit in a
circle with their
eyes closed. The
teacher says
“Good
Morning,__” Then
that student hears
their name, they
open their eyes
and return the
greeting. Then
they greet
someone who has
their eyes closed.
Each student
will come to
the circle with
their name
written on a
piece of paper.
Students then
crumple their
paper and give
time for a
“snowball
fight”. At the
end of the
“snowball fight”
each student
needs to grab
one
“snowball”,
open it and
greet the
student whose
name is on
their piece of
paper.
Around the
World
Greeting
What has been
something fun at
school so far?
What kind of
program do you
enjoy most on TV?
Everyone stands uptoss a ball to someonegreeting them. Then
that student sits down.
What would
you do to
entertain your
family without
spending
money?
WARM UP
GRANDMOTHER’S BRAIN
BRAINSTORMING TRUNK
STRETCHERS
“I’m going on a trip, and (See paper)
TOPICS
I need to pack my
Can divide them
(See paper ) Pick
several topics sand
have them brainstorm
what would fit. Ex.
“things that roll”,
“things made of glass”
grandmother’s trunk.”
Go around the circle,
each naming what was
said previously and
adding something else.
into 2 groups.
Have them list on
white boards as
many things as
they can that fit
into that category.
Ex. “games that
can be played by:
1) one person
alone 2) more
than one person.
What is a
rule you
have to
follow at
home?
Use inflatable
globe (or I
think there is
a globe in
Science room)
Students toss
or roll to
another
student.
Wherever
thumb lands
student says
“Hello __ from
(name of
place their
thumb is
over). Greeted
back then that
student does
the same to
another
student.
What do
you think
makes a
good
friend?
GROUP
NONCHARADES VERBAL
Choose a fairly BIRTHDAY
broad
LINEUP
category, such
as animals, .
One group
might get
dogs, another
might get
cows, etc.
Each group
takes a few
min. to figure
out how to act
this topic
without words,
sounds or
props. All
students in the
group work
together. All
others guess.
Student line
up according
to their month
and day of
birth without
talking.
Greeting
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Book
Character
Greeting
Pinkie
Greeting
One Min.
Greeting.
On morning
message tell
students to put
name of
favorite book
character on
sticky note and
wear it. They
are greeted
with that name.
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Greeting
IND. SHARE IND. SHARE IND. SHARE
HOW MANY
WAYS CAN
YOU THINK
TO USE…
THIS IS A
TYPE OF --(See copied
paper)
(SEE COPIED
PAPER)
Ex. “carrot is a
type of…”
Can go around
2 or 3 times.
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1/5
Greet and
share—
Virtual High
Five
Snap, Snap
clap
greeting.
“What’s the
News?”
Share
Mingle and say
good morning.
Must look at
them and count
how many
people they
can greet in a
min.
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Holiday
sing
along
See
Greeting
What would
you do if you
ALI BABA
A leader is
chosen. The
leader begins
the chant: Ali
Baba and forty
thieves,
Camels,
horses, you
and me!. This
is said while
making a
simple motion.
After saying
the chant once,
a different
motion is done
while saying
the chant
again. The
person to the
left picks up
this motion.
This continues.
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Hey “____”
the
weekend’s
Own name on
near, what
first snap, next
are you
student name
gonna do
on second
when it
snap.
really gets
here?
What would What is something Have
you do if you you do well?
student
Skip Greeting
Everyone stands up.
Decide how many you
will skip. If you skip 4,
greet the 5th person
then take that place
and sit down. This
continues until all are
greeted.
Activity
HOW ARE
THESE
ALIKE?
(SEE
PAPER)
were the
teacher and
everyone
forgot their
homework?
had four
math
problems
marked
wrong that
were right?
ELF,
ELF,THERE’S
AN ELF ON
THE SHELF.
THINGS
YOU CAN
CHANGE
OR NOT
CHANGE
(SEE
PAPER)
Pick a student to
be the elf. They
sit in a chair
facing away from
the circle and
they say, “Elf,
Elf, there’s an elf
on the shelf”.
Then the teacher
picks a student
to say “It is I,” in
a disguised
voice. Then this
person goes to
the chair to be
the elf.
name their
favorite ___.
And then the
student next
to them
repeats what
their
neighbor
liked and
then state
what they
like.
MULTIPLICATION A WHAT?
FLASHCARDS IN Using an
object, pass it
ORDER
Use flashcards or put
a multiplication fact on
a notecard for each
student- ex. 7 x 5, 8 x
6. They have to
figure out the answer
and line up by answer
from greatest to least.
around saying
:”this is a (ex.
Dinosaur egg
The student
says “A what?”
and the person
says “A
dinosaur egg”.
This continues
around the
circle. Use a
second object
giving it a
name and
simultaneously
pass it in the
opposite
direction.