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The Morning Meeting. Cathy Wharmby Molly Cunningham Laura Cullman. Greeting Communities Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. Each student receives a greeting
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The Morning Meeting Cathy Wharmby Molly Cunningham Laura Cullman
GreetingCommunities Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. • Each student receives a greeting • Addresses listening and speaking common core standards • Could be used to teach cultural norms/customs • Allows for personal and positive interaction between students
Greeting- Examples • Beyond the handshake- butterfly greeting, elbow greeting, pinky greeting, formal greeting • Sentence structure greetings- use a language concept that is being studied (e.g. compliment greeting). • 1 minute greeting/ 1 minute silent greeting • Category greeting • Puppet greeting
Morning MessageCommunication standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics • Transferable skill for language arts and other content areas • Topics=punctuation, capital letters, accents, synonyms/antonyms, prefixes/suffixes, and root words, etc. • Read the message together and add an activity for the students to complete as a class (find the errors, find the prefixes, etc.). • It can remind students about important events/assignments and set a positive tone for the day.
Sample Morning Message 9-14-2013 Buenasdíasestudiantes, Hoy vamos a hablarsobre los partes de un reunión del mañana y vamos a hacer un actividad y unasaludo. Esperoqueestélistoparaaprender mucho información y disfrutar la día. Sinceramente, El profesora ¿ Quées la error del carta? AcentosConcordanciade géneroOrtografía
Discussion of the Message • After each student reads the letter at the beginning of the day, each person will sign his or her name under an answer. • 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 • Whole group share • Teacher directed • Student to student • I have.....Me, too. • Partner share • Mingle • Double Lines (Traveling Lines) • Concentric Circles • Written response • Where is the Porcupine?
Share Suggestions • Use anchor charts to support students' use of language. • Encourage students to use whole sentences rather than one word answers. • Encourage students to look at each other, not just the teacher. • Use various verb tenses, not just present.
ActivityConnections Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language • Fosters a sense of community. • Develops conversational language skills. • Can integrate skills from any content area. • Often increases engagement for the remainder of the class/day. • Fun for the students!
Activity-Examples • Juego de los animales-speaking, listening • Mystery number-math, speaking • Songs-reading, speaking, listening • Snowball fight-writing, reading • What is the object?-speaking, listening • 20 questions-speaking, listening, language arts • Pass the pluma-speaking • 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
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