Build warmth and respect into each school day by including everyone in a friendly greeting. Watch eleven Morning Meeting greetings in action in urban, suburban, and rural classrooms.
You’ll see:
- Greetings appropriate for early and late in the year
- Greetings that help children practice key social and academic skills
- Teachers scaffolding the introduction of a complex greeting over several days
- Explicit teaching of skills that support children’s success with greetings
- Simple greetings such as the "Good Morning" greeting and more complex greetings such as "Rig-a-jig-jig" and a ball toss greeting
- Both primary and upper grades students doing handshake and high five greetings
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| Video Clips from Morning Meeting Greetings |
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| Clip 1: Introduction - Explains what Morning Meeting greetings are and describes the contents of the DVD (5MB, wmv or mp4, about 1 minute) |
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| Clip 2: Picture Greeting - Shows a primary class doing a greeting that's often used at the beginning of the year. (4MB, wmv or mp4, about 1.5 minutes) |
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| Directions for Featured Greetings |
| Download directions for each of the twelve greetings featured on the Morning Meeting Greetings DVD. (PDF, 4 pages) |
See also the companion books to this DVD, The Morning Meeting Book and 99 Activities and Greetings
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