32 Activity Cards 64 Greeting Cards

32 & 64 activity cards greeting cards Morning Meeting Greetings 64 Greeting Cards

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Sum of 10 Addition Match Give each student a Give each student a card card with a number with an addition problem 1-10. The goal is for or a sum. The goal is for students to make the students to match the sum of 10 with their addition problem with the sum. cards.

Subtraction Match Vocabulary Match Give each student a card Give each student a card with a subtraction with a vocabulary word problem or a difference. or a definition. The goal is The goal is for students to for students to match the match the subtraction vocabulary word with the problem with the sum. definition.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Multiplication Division Match Match Give each student a card Give each student a card with a division problem or with a multiplication a quotient. The goal is for problem or a product. The students to match the goal is for students to division problem with the match the multiplication quotient. problem with the product.

Time Match Meet my Partner Give each student a Students are paired with card with a clock or a the person next to them. time. The goal is for The goal is for students to students to match the learn 3 facts about their clock with the time. partner and introduce them to the group.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Match the Quote Circle Count Students stand in a circle. One Give each student a card student starts and counts 4 with a quote. Students should people. Student will greet the think about what the quote student after the 4th. The greeted means. Students will then student will continue and repeat. greet as many classmates as Continue until everyone has been they can looking for someone greeted. Once the student has with the same quote. greeted someone they will take a seat.

Weekend Word Eyes Open Ask students to think of a word Students stand in a circle and that describes their weekend. close their eyes. Say “eyes Pick one student to go first. The open” and the students will class will say “Good Morning, _____ what’s your weekend word?” The open their eyes. If they are student will state their weekend looking at a student who is word and then the class will looking back they will greet continue going to the right or each other. Continue until all left. are greeted.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. All About… State the Facts Students will write three facts Students will write three facts about themselves on an index about a topic on an index card. Students will greet and card. Students will greet and state their facts. Students will state their facts. Students will then switch cards. Students switch cards. Students will will continue greeting other continue greeting other students introducing the card students talking about the they have. facts on their cards.

Bases Loaded Toe to Toe Students will get a card with “single”, Call out “toe to toe” and “double”, “triple”, or “homerun” written on it. Students will step in the students will find a buddy to middle and swing an invisible bat. greet and touch toe to toe. They will announce what was on the Continue with “back to card. “I hit a _____”! Then, students will back”, “hand to hand”, knee count that number of students and greet the one after. Students will sit to knee” and “elbow to after they’re done greeting. Continue elbow”. until all students are sitting.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Ball Toss Place Value Meet Students will stand in a circle. Give each student a card Students will toss a ball to with a number of 2 or more another student and greet digits. Choose a number from that student. Once a student 0-9 and have students step in has been greeted he or she and greet each other based will sit down. Continue until on your call out. For all students have been example, “who has a 3 in then greeted. hundreds place?”

Shoe Greeting Snowball Fight Students will sit in a circle, Students will all write their name take off one shoe, and place down on a strip of paper and it in the middle. Students will crumple it up. Students will then then take turns to pick up a throw the paper into the middle shoe and greet the owner of of the circle. Students will pick up a piece of paper and then one the shoe. Continue until all by one greet the student on the students have been greeted. paper.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Number Greeting Fist Bump Greeting Students will each get a piece of Give students one minute paper with a number on it. The numbers should match the number of to walk around the room students in class. Students will then and greet as many take turns standing in the middle of the circle calling out the number on students as they can with a their card. Student will greet that fist bump. student. (This is for classrooms who assign students a number.)

High Five Greeting Handshake Greeting Give students one minute Give students one minute to walk around the room to walk around the room and greet as many and greet as many students as they can with a students as they can with a high five. handshake.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. What’s the News? Card Greeting Students will think of something Give each student a card they did over break or the from a deck. Call to weekend. Choose one student to go first. The class will say “Good middle all students with a Morning ___, what’s the news?” specific suit. Then, The student will state 3 facts students will greet each about their weekend or break. other in the middle. Continue until all students have been greeted.

Character Greeting String Greeting Give students a card with Students stand in a circle. the name of part of a Give one student a piece of yarn or string. Student will then greet character couple. a student. That student will come Students will try to greet over and take the yarn to their the student with the spot with the previous student still matching character. For holding on. Continue until a web has been created. example, Beauty & Beast.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Name Greeting Hullaballoo Students will stand in a circle. Post the following chart on the board. Students will say “Hello” and How to Move How to Greet What to Share each students name in the Tip Toe High Five Favorite Color circle. This goes on until all Like a Bird Fist Bump Favorite Movie students have done this. For a Zombie Walk Hand Shake Favorite Food challenge, have the students Bounce Pinky Shake Favorite Candy see who can greet the whole Ice Skates Elbow Rock Favorite Subject

class the fastest. Elbow Rock- link elbows and move them up and down.

Elbow Rock Hawaiin Greeting Give students one minute Have students greet to walk around the room each other in Hawaiin. and greet as many “Aloha _____” students as they can with an elbow rock.

Sign Language Chinese Greeting Greeting Show students a video of Have students greet the sign for “Good each other in Greek. Morning” and have “Zao an _____” students greet each other using sign language.

Japanese Greeting German Greeting Have students greet Have students greet each other in each other in Japanese. German. “Ohaiyo _____” “Gutten Morgan _____”

Greek Greeting Arabic Greeting Have students greet Have students greet each other in each other in Arabic. Japanese. “Asalam Alakum _____” “Kale Mera _____”

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Adjective Greeting Something you don’t know is… Have students introduce Students will stand in a themselves using an circle and say “Good adjective with the first letter Morning, something you of their name. The class will don’t know about me is…”. then say good morning. For example, “Good Morning The class will then say Magnificent Mariana!” “Good Morning ____”.

Homophone Greeting Compound Word Give each student a card Greeting with a homophone on it. Give each student a card Students will greet the with a word on it. Students student with the matching will greet students around homophone. the room and try to find a student with a card to make a compound word.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Mirror Mirror Sight Word Greeting Students will say “Hi, my name is Give the students a card with a _____ and I want to say Good sight word on it. Students stand in Morning!” When the student says a circle holding out the card so Good Morning they can add the class can read it. The class gestures or say it in a funny way. will say “Good Morning” and the The class will then say sight word instead of the name. “Goodmorning _____!” mirroring The student will then say “Good the same way the student said it. Morning” to the class.

Compliment Greeting Silent Greeting Students will pair up to greet and compliment Students will think of a way each other. After a to greet the class silently. minute students will then Students will take turns find another partner and going around the circle repeat. Continue this for greeting the class. 2-3 rounds.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Shape Greeting Category Greeting Give each student a card Students will stand in a circle. with a shape or a shape Teacher will call out a category and have students step into the name. Students will greet middle of the circle. Students will students trying to find greet those who step in the their match. circle. Continue until all students have been greeted. For example, who has a dog?

Letter Greeting Word Greeting Give students a card with a Give students a card with a word on it. Then call out sentence on it. Then call out “Come to the middle if your “Come to the middle if your word has an A”. Students in sentence has the word then”. the middle will greet each Students in the middle greet each other. Continue with different other. Continue with different letters until all students have words until all students have been been greeted. greeted.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Guess Who? Fact or Fiction Give each student card with Each student will write a fact or a students name on it. fiction on an index card. Students then close their eyes Students will walk around the and take turns greeting the room greeting others and reading their card. The students student on their card. The have to guess whether what they student who is greeted wrote on the card is fact or guesses who greeted them. fiction. Students continue this for 2-3 rounds.

Think of a Number Name Snap Have students think of a number Students will sit in a circle. between 1-10. Call out numbers Slap twice on the legs and the students who picked Clap twice those numbers should step into Snap Right the middle. Students in the Snap Left middle should greet each other. When students snap right they Continue until all students have say their first name been greeted. When students snap left they say their last name

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Even and Odd Four Corners- I would You can give each student a card rather with a number or have students Have students pick a corner. write down a number on an Students will greet students in index card. Students will then the corner. For example, stand in a circle. Call out all the “Would you rather ride bike, evens to the middle. Students will skate, run, or skate board?” greet each other. Then, do the same thing with odd.

Birthday Greeting Opposite Match Students stand in a circle. Give students a card with an Call out each month. Students opposite. Students will walk will step into the circle when around greeting each other their birthday month is trying to find students with the matching opposite. called. Students will greet For example, a student with the each other when stepping word “hot” will find the word into the middle. “cold”

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Double Words Frogger Students form two circles, one inner one Students stand in a circle. Select a student to outer. Students are facing each other. They be the guesser. The guesser will have to step sing chant with student across from them. away or close eyes while you select a After chant is over, students in outer circle frogger. Once the frogger is selected the rotate to the right. guesser will stand in the middle of the circle. The frogger will stick their tongue out to Double, Double ( Touch fists together twice) Rain, Rain (Touch palms together twice) students and each student will fall to the Double, Double (Touch fists together twice) floor. The guesser will have 3 guesses to Bow, Bow (Touch backs of hands together twice) guess who the frogger is. If all students fall Double (Touch fists), Rain (Touch palms), Double to the floor before the guesser can guess (Touch fists), Bow (Touch backs of hands) correctly the frogger wins. Double, Double (Touch fists together) Rain, Bow (Touch palms then backs of hands)

Do this with other compound words

What’s the lie? Four Corners Have students come up with two Ask students a few questions and true statements and one lie. have them move into corners for Students will share out three the answers. For example, statements and students have to “which do you like best? Turtle guess which one is the lie. To (corner 1), Dog (corner 2), Cat guess students will hold up one, (corner 3), and Bird (corner 4). two, or three fingers to indicate Extend by having students which statement they think is the discuss with someone in the lie. corner why they picked that corner.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Pedoodle 7’s & 11’s Students form a circle. Select a Students will pair up or form student to be the guesser. The groups of 3. Students will hide guesser will have to step away or hands behind their backs. Count close eyes while the class decides on to 3 and on 3 students will put one a verb. The guesser will come back and stand in the middle. Students will hand out with one, two, three, give the guesser a sentence with the four, or five fingers. The goal is verb but replace the verb with for two students to have the sum “pedoodle”. Guesser will have 3 of 7 with both of their hands. 11’s guesses to guess the verb with the is done with groups of 3. sentences provided.

Double Sum Double Product Students form a circle. Using big dice Students form a circle. Using big dice students will take turns rolling the dice students will take turns rolling the dice into into the middle of the circle. The the middle of the circle. The student who rolls must say the equation shown with the student who rolls must say the answer (multiplication). If the dice show equation shown with the answer. If doubles then students will stand up and the dice show doubles then students chant:

will stand up and chant: Double, Double Pump Pump (pumping fists up Double, Double Pump Pump (pumping fists up and down) and down) Double, Double Jump, Jump (students jump Double, Double Jump, Jump (students jump twice) twice) Double, Double Rump, Rump (students squat Double, Double Rump, Rump (students squat twice) twice)

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Compound Word Antonym Snaps Snaps Students sit in a circle. Students Students sit in a circle. Students slap their knees twice. Students slap their knees twice. Students clap their hands twice. Students clap their hands twice. Students snap their fingers twice. Then snap their fingers twice. Then they say a pair of antonyms. For they say a compound word. For example: example: Slap, slap Slap, slap Clap, clap Clap, clap Snap, snap Snap, snap Hot, Cold Butter, fly

Name Snap Zoom, Zoom Eek! Students sit in a circle. Students Students stand in a circle. Students slap their knees twice. Students will clap and slide their hands going clap their hands twice. Students to the right and say “ZOOM!”. After going around once students have the snap their fingers twice. Then chance to say “EEK!” After a student they say their first and last name. says “EEK!” the direction of the circle For example: reverses. Continue this for a couple Slap, slap of minutes. Each student can only say Clap, clap EEK! once. Snap, snap John, Smith

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Caught Red Handed Popcorn Counting Students stand in a circle. Select a Students can stand in a circle or sit at student to be the guesser. The guesser their desks. The goal is to count out will step out or cover their eyes. loud to the total of students in class. Provide one student in the circle with an Students will individually call out a object. All students must have their number. Once a student calls out a hands behind their backs. The guesser number they can not call again. If will come back to the circle and stand two students call a number at the in the middle. Students will pass the same time then the game starts over. object to each other behind their If students are in a circle, students can backs. The guesser will have 3 chances step into the middle when they call out to guess a student that has the object in a number. their hand at the moment.

Hot & Cold Would You Rather? Students stand in a circle. Select a Students will be given two student to be the guesser. The choices. One side of the room is guesser will step out or cover their for one choice and the other eyes. Students will decide on a side is for the second choice. location in the classroom to place an object. When the guesser comes Teacher will call out the “would back the student will have to find the you rather?”. object with the class yelling out “Hot” For example, “would you rather if they’re getting closer or “Cold” if eat crickets or worms?”. they’re getting further.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. States of Matter Group Juggling Students stand up at their desks or in a Students stand in a circle. Toss circle. When you call out Solid, students one student a ball and greet the just gather tightly to show a solid state student. The student then passes of matter. When you call out Liquid, students should it to another student a greets walk around the room close together to them. This continues until the ball show a liquid state of matter. reaches the first greeted student. When you call out Gas, students should Add another ball or two for more walk around the room loosely to show a of a challenge. gas state of matter.

Rock, Paper, Silent Line Up Scissors Students pair up with a buddy. Students get 2 Students will play one round minutes to line of rock, paper, scissors. The themselves up from loser will then follow around the winner and cheer them shortest to tallest or on as they compete with tallest to shortest other students around the without talking. room. There should be one winner at the end. ©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Birthday Line Up Let’s Freeze Students get 2 minutes Students walk around the room greeting each other to line themselves up in and talking. Then, ring a bell order of their or give an attention signal. birthdays, January to Count how long it takes for all students to give attention. December, without Students try to break their talking. previous record.

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Students form groups of 3 or 4. As a group, Students form a circle students must come up with a list of words holding hands. One student that fit in the category given. For example, colors or states. sends a non-verbal pulse and After a few minutes, students form a circle it goes around the circle. and one captain from each team will call out how many words they came up with. The The goal is to see if the first group with the longest list will call out the pulse sent is the same as the words. All other groups will check off their list if they have the words or add theirs at last. For example, two big the end. squeezes and one small squeeze.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Alphabetical Just Like Me Line Up Students stand in a circle. Students get 2 minutes Teacher calls out a sentence “I like to read”. Students who to line up agree step into the circle and alphabetically by their say “Just Like Me”. Students name, without talking. also have the chance to call out different sentences.

Mirror Image Hot Potato Students walk around the Students stand in a circle or behind classroom. When the teacher their desks. Students chant “hot potato, hot potato, hot potato, hot, calls “mirror” students pair up. hot potato, hot potato, hot potato, The teacher plays some music stop” while passing around a ball or and the buddies must work bean bag. The student with the ball together to be mirror images of or bean bag in their hand when they each other while they dance to say the word “stop” is out and has to the music. Continue this a couple sit down. This continues until there is times so students can meet with a winner. others.

©2016. Erika-Genevieve. All Rights Reserved. Telephone POP! Students sit down in a circle. Students stand in a circle Students count out up to and whisper a message to number 5. The fifth student each other. The goal is to stands up, shouts POP!, and see if the first message that stays standing. The counting started is the same continues, skipping over message at the end. students who are up, until all students are standing.

Don’t Make Group Charades Me Laugh Students are put into groups. Two students volunteer to Each group is given a category to act out together. For stand in the middle of a example, simple machines circle. One student is going (printer, sharpener), animals, to stand with a straight face jobs. Students will come up with and the other student is going a way to work together to act to try to make the other out the word. The class will then laugh. guess what they are acting out.

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