The Morning Meeting

Cathy WharmbyMolly Cunningham

Laura Cullman

GreetingCommunities Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of

becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

O Each student receives a greetingO Addresses listening and speaking common core

standardsO Could be used to teach cultural norms/customs O Allows for personal and positive interaction

between students

Greeting- ExamplesO Beyond the handshake- butterfly

greeting, elbow greeting, pinky greeting, formal greeting

O Sentence structure greetings- use a language concept that is being studied (e.g. compliment greeting).

O 1 minute greeting/ 1 minute silent greeting

O Category greetingO Puppet greeting

Morning MessageCommunication standard 1.2: Students understand

and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics

O Transferable skill for language arts and other content areas

O Topics=punctuation, capital letters, accents, synonyms/antonyms, prefixes/suffixes, and root words, etc.

O Read the message together and add an activity for the students to complete as a class (find the errors, find the prefixes, etc.).

O It can remind students about important events/assignments and set a positive tone for the day.

Sample Morning Message9-14-2013

Buenas días estudiantes,Hoy vamos a hablar sobre los partes de

un reunión del mañana y vamos a hacer un actividad y una saludo. Espero que esté listo para aprender mucho información y disfrutar la día.

Sinceramente, El profesora

¿ Qué es la error del carta?Acentos Concordancia de género Ortografía

Discussion of the Message

O After each student reads the letter at the beginning of the day, each person will sign his or her name under an answer.

O Read the letter as a group, discuss the correct answer and errors, and make corrections to the letter as a class.

~ This letter does not have correct gender agreement…

ShareCommunication Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics

O Whole group shareO Teacher directedO Student to studentO I have.....Me, too.O Partner shareO MingleO Double Lines (Traveling Lines)O Concentric CirclesO Written responseO Where is the Porcupine?

Share SuggestionsO Use anchor charts to support

students' use of language.O Encourage students to use whole

sentences rather than one word answers.

O Encourage students to look at each other, not just the teacher.

O Use various verb tenses, not just present.

ActivityConnections Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their

knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language

O Fosters a sense of community.O Develops conversational language

skills.O Can integrate skills from any content

area.O Often increases engagement for the

remainder of the class/day.O Fun for the students!

Activity-ExamplesO Juego de los animales-speaking, listeningO Mystery number-math, speakingO Songs-reading, speaking, listeningO Snowball fight-writing, readingO What is the object?-speaking, listening O 20 questions-speaking, listening, language

artsO Pass the pluma-speakingO Book resources- Doing Science in Morning

Meeting by Lars Webb and Margaret Berry Wilson and Doing Math in Morning Meeting by Andy Dousis and Margaret Berry Wilson

Questions or Comments?

O All photo images are credited to: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/