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29 Cards in this Set
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Morning Wake-Up Song
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None "I woke up this morning and I ______________ out of bed, Shuffled to the kitchen and I got myself fed Now I’m going to put something in my head Gonna read, gonna write, gonna try with all my might Singin’ doo-wah diddy-diddy dum diddy dum" (Repeat “doo-wah …” quietly and then loudly) "All right" (clap on these words) |
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Pizza Delivery
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None How To Play: Players stand in a circle with their eyes closed. After one player is secretly chosen to be the pizza delivery person, everyone opens their eyes and begins to mill around the circle space. As they are walking around, players shake hands. The pizza delivery person is shaking hands with a unique handshake, while everyone else is giving the formal handshake. When a player feels the unique handshake, they stay where they are and pretend to eat pizza saying, “Ummm, ummm, good!” The game continues until a player, who has not yet received the unique handshake, raises his hand to guess who is the pizza delivery person. If he is wrong, he stays there and pretends to eat pizza. If he is correct, the game ends and a new pizza delivery person is chosen. |
Plan for Success: There are many strategies to this game. Let the students come up with the rules and strategies of their own. Model how to make a guess with raisin
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Round the Circle Hello
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None As students are standing in a circle, chose one student to be the first greeter. The greeter walks (or another previously determined movement, such as hopping, skipping, tip-toeing, etc.) clockwise around the outside of the circle, chooses a student by tapping her on the shoulder, and then continues around the circle. The tapped student leaves her spot and travels, using the agreed upon movement, counterclockwise around the outside of the circle. When the two students meet, they stop and greet each other (using a previously selected greeting—handshake, high 5, bow, Howdy, greet in a different language, etc.). The student who was tapped now becomes the greeter and the other student returns to his seat. This continues until everyone has been greeted. |
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Snowball Fight Greeting
Grade Level: Intermediate and Middle School Materials: Piece of paper and pencil for each student, container for the snowballs How To Play: Before the start of morning meeting, all students write down their names on a sheet of paper and crumples it to look like a snowball. Set a timer for one minute and everybody throws the snowballs for the duration of the minute. When the timer rings, each person finds a snowball and returns to the circle. Moving around the circle, students stand up, cross the circle and greet the person named in their snowball. On the way back, they return the snowball to a container in the middle of the circle. |
Plan for Success: Model and practice how to throw the snowballs for a snowball fight. Review rules such as only throwing below the waist.
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Silent Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None • Teach appropriate ways to greet one another when we can’t use words. (For example, we can nod heads, smile, eye contact, etc.) • Give examples of times when we would use a silent greeting. (For example, the teacher is in the middle of a lesson and our friend returns from a small group. We see a friend and he is in a conversation with someone else and we don’t want to interrupt, etc.) • Greeting: Have students go around the circle, one partnership at a time, greeting each other silently. |
Plan for Success: Brainstorm with the class different types of silent greetings. Model and practice the various silent greetings.
Variations/Extensions:When everyone has been greeted, talk about what it felt like to be greeted silently. A variation is to have students look across the circle and connect with at least three of their classmates |
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Round the Circle Hello
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None As students are standing in a circle, chose one student to be the first greeter. The greeter walks (or another previously determined movement, such as hopping, skipping, tip-toeing, etc.) clockwise around the outside of the circle, chooses a student by tapping her on the shoulder, and then continues around the circle. The tapped student leaves her spot and travels, using the agreed upon movement, counterclockwise around the outside of the circle. When the two students meet, they stop and greet each other (using a previously selected greeting—handshake, high 5, bow, Howdy, greet in a different language, etc.). The student who was tapped now becomes the greeter and the other student returns to his seat. This continues until everyone has been greeted. |
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Ta da! Greeting
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None Students pick someone across the circle to greet. One at a time, students pass a greeting and say the selected student’s name (for example, “Good day to you, Joshua.”). The people on either side of the greeted student say his name and do a “ta da” action. The greeting continues to get passed until all have been greeted. |
Plan for Success: Experiment with different possible ta-da actions. Students can decide to all do the same action or surprise each other with their own versions. Similarly, students can determine whether the greeting words will be shared or spontaneous surprises.
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The Frog Greeting
Grade Level: Primary Materials: None How To Play: This is a greeting which goes around the circle. Students form pairs to greet each other. Each pair squats low like a frog and springs up into the air and claps both hands together while they take turns saying, “Good Morning, ___________.” |
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Wishes
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None As a closing everyone whispers a wish into his or her hand. Once everyone has whispered, count to three and release them together. This is a fun way to finish off the week. |
Variations/Extensions: This activity could also be used for a sharing by having each student in the circle share their wish.
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Tanzania Handshake
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None Students raise hands and greet according to a leader’s direction to greet somebody who… has the same shoes has the same color eyes is wearing a short-sleeves shirt likes to play soccer you would like to know better etc. |
Plan for Success: Make it clear to the students that the leader calls on students with raised hands for greetings. Before choosing a leader other than the teacher, model and practice how to direct the greeting so that everyone will be greeted over a short period of time.
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Snowball Fight Greeting
Grade Level: Intermediate and Middle School Materials: Piece of paper and pencil for each student, container for the snowballs How To Play: Before the start of morning meeting, all students write down their names on a sheet of paper and crumples it to look like a snowball. Set a timer for one minute and everybody throws the snowballs for the duration of the minute. When the timer rings, each person finds a snowball and returns to the circle. Moving around the circle, students stand up, cross the circle and greet the person named in their snowball. On the way back, they return the snowball to a container in the middle of the circle. |
Plan for Success: Model and practice how to throw the snowballs for a snowball fight. Review rules such as only throwing below the waist.
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Silent Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None • Teach appropriate ways to greet one another when we can’t use words. (For example, we can nod heads, smile, eye contact, etc.) • Give examples of times when we would use a silent greeting. (For example, the teacher is in the middle of a lesson and our friend returns from a small group. We see a friend and he is in a conversation with someone else and we don’t want to interrupt, etc.) • Greeting: Have students go around the circle, one partnership at a time, greeting each other silently. |
Plan for Success: Brainstorm with the class different types of silent greetings. Model and practice the various silent greetings.
Variations/Extensions:When everyone has been greeted, talk about what it felt like to be greeted silently. A variation is to have students look across the circle and connect with at least three of their classmates |
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One Minute Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None How To Play: Students move to the center of the circle and greet as many people as they can in one minute. Remind students to follow the criteria for greetings (eye contact, saying the person’s name, friendly voice, etc.). This greeting is great for when you are planning a longer activity. |
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Number Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: Numbers printed on small pieces of paper Put numbers on scraps of paper so that there are doubles for each number and then place them in a container. Each student pulls a number out from the container. Return the container to the center of the circle. The teacher calls out a number and the two students with that number get up and greet each other in the middle of the circle. The students place their numbers in the container in the middle of the circle. |
Plan for Success: Remember that you will need two of each number and enough numbers for everyone in the class. For example, if you have 24 students you will need 12 numbers. Decide before you start the greeting what type of greeting will be used, for example a handshake, a wave, high five, etc. This greeting works well to mix up usual patterns of greeting among students.
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Melodrama Closing
Grade Level:Primary and Intermediate Materials:Kleenex for each student Each student has a Kleenex. Fold it to look like a bowtie. Each time the “Woman” speaks, students hold Kleenex in their hair like a bow and speak in a high, squeaky voice. Each time the “Bad Guy” speaks, students hold Kleenex like a moustache and speak in a low, gravelly voice. When the hero speaks, students hold the Kleenex at their throat like a bowtie and speak in a hero voice. Woman: "I can’t pay the rent.” Bad Guy: "You must pay the rent.” Woman: “I can’t pay the rent.” Bad Guy: “You must pay the rent.” Hero: “I’ll pay the rent.” Woman: “My hero.” Bad Guy: “Curses. Foiled again!” |
Thinking about today (last week, etc.), when did you feel like one of these characters in the melodrama? Speak in that voice and share your insights about the week so far. Examples:
Woman voice: “I can’t figure out my homework.” Hero voice: “I helped a friend today.” Bad Guy voice: “I don’t want to clean my locker.” |
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Math Facts Greeting
Grade Level:Primary and Intermediate Materials:None Prepare flashcards with math facts (+, -, /, x). Half of the cards should have number sentences (i.e., 1+1, 12*2, 20/5, 10-3) Half of the cards should have answers to the number sentences. Hand out all cards to students. Begin greeting by having one student expose their card. They will greet the person who has either the matching number sentences or the answer. (i.e. 1st person’s card says 20/5; she greets the person with the card that has “4” on it). |
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Lumberjack Greeting
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None Take your neighbor’s hand as if to shake it and saw back and forth as you greet each other. |
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Hand Stack Greeting
Grade Level:Primary and Intermediate Materials: None In this greeting, students in the circle greet each other by stacking hands. The first greeter turns to her neighbor and puts her hand out in front of her with the palm down, her neighbor puts his hand on top of hers, and she places her free hand on top of his. They continue stacking hands until their arms are raised above eye level. Then the greeter peeks under the arch they created with their arms and says “Good Morning _____.” and her neighbor greets her back with “Good Morning _____.” The second person then turns to his neighbor and begins stacking hands until they build an arch and greet each other. The greeting continues around the circle until everyone has been greeted. |
Skills Practiced: Students practice hand-eye coordination and gross motor skills in this greeting. They also practice having eye contact with each other and how to kindly greet someone.
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Funny Voices
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None The first person to start the greeting says, “My name is ___________ and I want you to greet me in a ___________ voice.” The class then responds by saying in that voice “Good Morning _______________.” Some possibilities for different voices are: spooky, whisper, loud, soft, baby, tough guy, squeaky, sing song, etc. |
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Friday Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None Group: "Hello, _____________ ! The weekend is near! What are you going to do when it’s here?" Individual: "Hello, everyone! I’m going to ______________ !" Group: "Got it! or Have fun!" Group greets the next person, and continues this pattern around the circle until everyone has been greeted. |
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Floppy Fish Greeting
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None Cast out your fishing line and reel someone in from the circle to you. When you pull her to you she will flop like a fish. The fish and the fisher person will greet each other once the fish is reeled in. |
Plan for Success: Model and practice what casting a fishing line and reeling someone in would look like as well as what is appropriate flopping.
Variations/Extensions: Put the heel of your hand to your neighbor’s hand. Flop your fingers on the wrist of your neighbor as a fish would do. Greet your neighbor as you flop. |
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Electric Hug
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None Everyone holds hands in a circle. The first player passes a squeeze to his neighbor. The neighbor then passes the squeeze to her neighbor. The squeeze continues around the circle until everyone has been greeted. The goal is to make the squeeze go quickly around the circle. |
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Crazy Walk Greeting
Thanks to Mrs. Craig’s 4-6 Grade Class, Valley Crossing Community School, Woodbury, MN Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None How To Play: Each student thinks of a way to move across the circle. They could crab walk, disco walk, skip, hop on one foot, walk on their knees, etc. Choose one person to begin the greeting. The person who starts will pick someone from across the circle that is the opposite gender to greet. The first person then does her crazy walk across the circle and greets the other person with a handshake, and then returns to her seat. The greeting continues until everyone has been greeted. |
Plan for Success: Brainstorm ideas for different ways to walk across the circle before beginning the greeting. Consider starting without the rule of greeting the opposite gender if an adequate level of self-control has not been established.
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Cow Greeting
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None Students make partners. One person laces her fingers together with her thumbs hanging down. The other person whom she is greeting pulls on her thumbs as if milking. The partners greet each other as they milk. |
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Butterfly Greeting
Grade Level:Primary and Intermediate Materials:None This is a fun greeting to do with students. You begin this greeting by turning to your neighbor and holding up your right hand with your palm facing him. Then your neighbor puts up her right hand in the same fashion. The two of you lock thumbs, so that you form butterfly wings with your hands. When this is done, both of you wiggle your thumbs and greet each other “Good Morning or Good Afternoon”. Continue this around the circle until everyone has been greeted in the butterfly wave. Be sure to remind students about what makes a friendly greeting: eye contact, face your neighbor, smile, clear voice, genuine, etc. |
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Bean Bag Toss
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None One person starts by tossing the bean bag to someone after saying their name. The bean bag continues to get tossed around the circle, each time naming the student to whom it is tossed. The students must remember who they tossed the bag to and who they received it from. After everyone has been called, the first round is complete. Now the challenge is to continue the passing, duplicating the pattern of the first round. You can add bean bags and have several going at one time. During the initial toss, if a student has received the bean bag, they must put their hands behind their back to help signal who is remaining and so everyone can receive the bean bag. |
Plan for Success: Model and practice a safe throw before playing the game. The objective is to go quickly and not have students pause as they search. Make sure students clearly say the name before tossing the bean bag.
Variations/Extensions: Ball Toss is a common greeting done in the same fashion; however, the student is greeted back before the ball is thrown. |
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Baseball Greeting
Grade Level: Primary and Intermediate Materials: None In baseball there are four kinds of hits: single, double, triple and home run. The students will choose what kind of “hit” or greeting they will do. If they choose a single they will shake hands and greet by saying, “Good morning,____,” to the person next to them, double will be two people down, triple will be three and home run will be four. The people they pass on the way to their hit will slap hands with them. Once students have been greeted,they fold their hands in their laps and will not slap hands with the person who is greeting. You may chose to have those who have been greeted sit down. The game/greeting continues until everyone has been greeted. |
Plan for Success: This game/greeting works well to mix up who students greet on a daily basis.
Variations/Extensions:Other sports can also be used for this greeting such as football. For football students can choose a touchdown, field goal, safety, or two point conversion. This greeting would also work with basketball. |
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Action Name Game/Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None One at a time, students greet the group by saying “Hi, I’m (action + name).” The action must start with the same letter as the student’s name. An example would be, “Hi, I’m Jumping Judy.” The student says her name and does the action at the same time. The class responds with “Good Morning Jumping Judy,” including the action. |
Plan for Success: Before the greeting, students decide what action they will match with their names.
Variations/Extensions: Students can add both an adjective and an action to their greeting. Use names, adjectives, or actions in a writing activity for that day. |
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A Little Known Fact Greeting
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School Materials: None Have students think of a fact about themselves which many people may not know. Students introduce themselves. “Good morning. My name is _____ and a little known fact about me is _____________.” The group responds “Good morning, (name) .” Continue around the circle until everyone has been greeted. |
Plan for Success: If students need help getting ideas for their responses, brainstorm categories such as favorite hobbies, things they are good at, family traditions, etc.
Variations/Extensions:Ask students to raise their hands if they learned something new about their classmates. You could also have students talk about why it is important to learn about one another. |
