Morning Meeting

Week 1
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE
Each student takes turn greeting around the circle Each student takes turn sharing around the circle

“Hello, my name is…” Favorite Summer Activity

ACTIVITY
Just Like Me!
1. Have one student in the center of the circle (it is easiest if they are sitting in chairs) and say “I like… , I have… or I
experienced... “
2. if you also like, have or experience what the student says, move to another spot
3. the student who doesn’t find a spot, is now in the middle.
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Good Morning, Class” Favorite Color

ACTIVITY
“I Like Candy” Song
I like candy
It’s do dandy
Figer licken… ____
Yum, yum, yum.
 I Like Candy
I like candy
It’s do dandy
Finger lickin… ____
Yum, yum, yum.
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Hola, Clase” Favorite Subject in School

ACTIVITY
Freeze Game
1. Students will move and chat around the room
2. The teacher will give a signal (chime, light, etc.)
3. Students freeze, while the teacher times them
4. The goal for the students is to break their previous time
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Hi, Class” Favorite sport or activity

ACTIVITY
Back to School Poem
“Back to School” by Sara Holbrook
1. Read the poem aloud
2. Read the first verse and teach the students actions to go with the words
3. After each verse is taught, go through the poem with just the actions
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Happy Friday, Class” Favorite memory from the week

ACTIVITY
Line Soccer
1. Split the class into two teams
2. The entire team is considered the goalies for their side and are allowed to use their hands
3. The teacher will call out “if your favorite color is…” and if that is their favorite color, they come out of the goal and play in the field
4. If they score a goal (the other teams side, below the waist) they go back to their side and the teacher will call something else
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GREETING SHARING
WAVE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Student greets the person next to them with a wave, using right hand

“Hello, ____” Favorite thing from the weekend

ACTIVITY
Four Corners
1. Number each corner in the classroom
2. Students will choose a corner
3. Teacher will call out a corner, if the students are in that corner, they are out
4. Continue playing until there is one student left
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FIST BUMP GREETING CLASS sHARE
Student greets the person next to them with a fist bump,
using right hand

“Good Morning, ___” Favorite book

ACTIVITY
Boom Chicka Boom
 Boom, Chicka Boom!
I said a boom chicka boom (class repeats)
I said a boom chicka boom, (class repeats)
I said a boom, chicka, rocka, chicka, rocka,
chicka boom (class repeats)
Oh, yeah (class repeats)
Uh, huh (class repeats)
One more time (class repeats)

Different Styles: whisper, opera, nascar,

janitor, teacher, attitude, etc.
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HIGH FIVE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Student greets the person next to them a high five,
with their right hand

Favorite video game

“HI, ____”

ACTIVITY
Heads or Tails
1. Students will put their hands on their head, if they think the coin will land on heads or on their hips if they think it's tails
2. Flip the coin
3. If the student was right, they stay standing; if they were wrong, they sit down
4. Continue playing until there is one person standing
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PINKY SHAKE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Student greets the person next to them by shaking pinkies

“Hola, ____” Favorite thing to do outside

ACTIVITY
Poem

“ Homework, Oh Homework” by Jack Prelutsky

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HANDSHAKE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Student greets the person next to them by shaking hands

Favorite food
“Happy Friday, ___”

ACTIVITY
Line Soccer
1. Split the class into two teams
2. The entire team is considered the goalies for their side and are allowed to use their hands
3. The teacher will call out “if your favorite color is…” and if that is their favorite color, they come out of the goal and play in the field
4. If they score a goal (the other teams side, below the waist) they go back to their side and the teacher will call something else
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GREETING SHARING
BALL TOSS GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Hello, ____” WEEKEND SHARE

ACTIVITY
GROUP JUGGLE
1. Teacher will toss the ball to a person, that person to another, and so on
2. Once it gets back to the teacher, you continue tossing the ball to the same person that you tossed to previously
3. One the 3rd round, add in another ball
4. See how many balls you can have going around the circle, without any of them dropping
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DICE ROLL GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Good Morning, ___” If you could swim in a pool of

anything, what would you swim in?

ACTIVITY
oboshinotentoten
OBOSHINOTENTOTEN
Oboshinotentoten
Hey, hey,
I am a boom, boom, boom,
Itty bitty oten toten,
Oboshinotentoten
Oboshinotentoten
Boom
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
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MATCH GREETING CLASS sHARE
Have note cards that each have a match, pass them out and
have the students find their match and greet each other Would you rather be incredibly
funny or incredibly smart?

ACTIVITY
ZOOM
1. Students go around the circle saying zoom as fast as they can
2. Once they get a hang of that, add in the “eek” if a student says “eek”, it reverses the zoom
3. Another level is to add “Ah!” which skips the next person
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GREETING SHARING
Walk Across GREETING ‘Book Talk’ Thursday
Students will walk across the circle to someone, greet them and
sit in their spot. The person they greeted goes and greets Teacher
someone else and so on

ACTIVITY
Poem

“Saw My Teacher on Saturday”

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GREETING SHARING
MINGLE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Students will get 30 seconds to walk around and greet at least
3 people with their choice of greeting (handshake, high five,
wave, fist bump, etc)
Favorite memory from the week

ACTIVITY
Giants, Wizards & Elves
There are two teams and a field, with a marked centerline. Each team agrees on a posture representing a giant, a wizard and an elf and shows these
postures to the other team. Each team huddles and decides which creature it will be. Teams come to the centerline and, at the count of three, assume the
chosen posture and say the creature’s name. Wizard’s fool giants, giants beat elves; eves trick wizards. Whoever loses has to run back to their safety,
which is about twenty feet away from the centerline, 8 before the other team catches them. Those caught become part of the other team.
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE

“Happy Monday, Class” Weekend News

ACTIVITY
Secret Pass
Students will stand in a circle, with the detective in the middle. They will need to stand shoulder to shoulder and pass an object
behind their backs, the detective gets 3 chances to guess who has the object
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MIRROR GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ If you could be any animal, what
good morning, ____ animal would you be and why?

ACTIVITY
Oh, Chester!

Students & teacher will sing the song and do the actions, getting faster
every time they sing it
 Oh, Chester!
Oh, Chester
Have you heard about Harry?
He just got back from the army
He knows, he needs,
Not face defeat
so hip, hip, hooray
For the army
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BALL TOSS GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Would you rather do your school
good morning, ____ work by yourself, or with a group?

ACTIVITY
Leader of the Band
Students will sit in a circle, while the “detective” goes into the hallway. The teacher will choose someone to be the leader. The leader
will start with a simple beat on their knees, while the rest of the class follows. The detective will come back into the room and
stand in the middle of the circle. The leader will need to change the beat, without getting caught and the detective will have 3 tries
to figure out who the leader is.
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PARTNER GREETING BOOK TALK THURSDAY
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Mailboxes 1-4
good morning, ____

ACTIVITY
Act it Out - Poem

Messy Room
 Messy Room
By: Shel Silverstein

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!

His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
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MINGLE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Kindness of the Week
good morning, ____

ACTIVITY
Giants, Wizards & Elves
There are two teams and a field, with a marked centerline. Each team agrees on a posture representing a giant, a wizard and an elf and shows these
postures to the other team. Each team huddles and decides which creature it will be. Teams come to the centerline and, at the count of three, assume the
chosen posture and say the creature’s name. Wizard’s fool giants, giants beat elves; eves trick wizards. Whoever loses has to run back to their safety,
which is about twenty feet away from the centerline, 8 before the other team catches them. Those caught become part of the other team.
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GREETING SHARING
CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Weekend News
good morning, ____

ACTIVITY
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Choose two students to be “security guards” and have have the rest of the students be statues. The statues will attempt to
move around the classroom, without getting caught by the security guards, if they get caught moving, they are out of the game.
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HIGH FIVE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ If you could travel anywhere in the
good morning, ____ world, where would you travel?

ACTIVITY
Rattlin’ Bog
 Rattlin’ Bog
REFRAIN:
Oh, Oh the Rattlin’ Bog, the bog down in the valley-o, (repeat)

Now in that bog, (in that bog)

There was a hole (there was a hole)
A rare hole (a rare hole)
A rattlin’ hole (a rattlin’ hole)

A hole, in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o

Tree
Branch
Bow
Nest
Bird
Wing
Feather
Flea
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DICE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ WOULD YOU RATHER SEE THINGS
good morning, ____ LIKE BINOCULARS OR A MICROSCOPE?

ACTIVITY
Find Phoebe
Have the students go into the hallway and Hide a small object “Phoebe” in the classroom. Then, have them enter the classroom and
search for Phoebe. Once they find her they have to silently and secretly go back to their desks. The last person to find phoebe, loses.
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GREETING SHARING
PARTNER GREETING BOOK TALK THURSDAY
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ MAILBOX #’S 5-8
good morning, ____

ACTIVITY
ALPHABET STORY
THE FIRST PERSON STARTS THE STORY, WITH A SENTENCE THAT STARTS WITH THE LETTER “A”, THE NEXT PERSON STARTS THE
SENTENCE WITH THE LETTER “B” AND SO ON
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GREETING SHARING
MINGLE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Share a moment of compassion
good morning, ____

ACTIVITY
STEAL THE BACON
Split the students into two teams, call out an attribute and the students who fit the attribute try to steal the “bacon” (object)
in the middle of the field and run it back to their team. The other team can tag them ONLY after they touch the object. If they
get tagged they must drop the object and go back to their side.
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CLASS GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Weekend News
good morning, ____

ACTIVITY
POP!
Students will go around the circle, counting by a certain number. Choose a number or multiple that would be “POP” if the student is
supposed to say that number or multiple, they say pop instead and sit down. Continue to play until there is only one student
standing.
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FIST BUMP GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ If you could be famous, what would
good morning, ____ you be famous for?

ACTIVITY
The Moose Song
 The Moose Song
Call & Repeat

1. There was a great big moose 3. He drank his juice with care
He liked to drink a lot of juice But he spilt it, in his hair
REPEAT BOTH LINES REPEAT BOTH LINES

Singin’ oh, way oh Singin’ oh, way oh

Way-oh-way-oh-way-oh-way-oh Way-oh-way-oh-way-oh-way-oh

2. The moose’s name was Fred 4. Now, he’s a sticky moose

He liked to drink his juice in bed He’s a moose that’s full of juice
REPEAT BOTH LINES REPEAT BOTH LINES

Singin’ oh, way oh Singin’ oh, way oh

Way-oh-way-oh-way-oh-way-oh Way-oh-way-oh-way-oh-way-oh
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SILLY WALK GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Would you rather have an elephant
good morning, ____ sized, cat or a cat sized, elephant?

ACTIVITY
HAND CLAP
VERY SIMILAR TO “ZOOM”, ONE CLAP MEANS THAT IT MOVES TO THE NEXT PERSON IN THE CIRCLE, TWO CLAPS MEANS THAT THE
DIRECTION REVERSES, TWO HANDS UP (NO CLAP) MEANS SKIP.
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GREETING SHARING
PARTNER GREETING BOOK SHARE THURSDAY
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Mailboxes 9-12
good morning, ____…

ACTIVITY
Chain Reaction
Sitting in a circle, the teacher will ask a student a question, that student will respond to the question. The third student will
then ask a question that makes sense with the previous students response. The fourth student, will answer the question…
continue around the circle
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GREETING SHARING
MINGLE GREETING CLASS sHARE
Hi, ___
Hello, ___ Share an accomplishment from the
good morning, ____ week

ACTIVITY
STEAL THE BACON
Split the students into two teams, call out an attribute and the students who fit the attribute try to steal the “bacon” (object)
in the middle of the field and run it back to their team. The other team can tag them ONLY after they touch the object. If they
get tagged they must drop the object and go back to their side.