Morning Message/Turn to Your Partner
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 15:56 — Anonymous
Strategy Category:
Instructional activities
Classroom set-up
Meeting diverse student needs
Grade Level:
Early Childhood/Primary
Intermediate
Middle/Junior High
High School
Content Area:
Agriculture
Business
Computer Science
English
ESL/Bilingual Education
Family and Consumer Sciences
Fine Arts
Foreign Language
Health, Drivers Education and Physical Education
Industrial Technology
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Student Services
Materials or Resources:
Chalkboard, clothes pins, check pins, something with everyone's name
Preparation:
Deciding on a morning question
Activity Length:
5minutes
Activity or Strategy Description:
This is a morning check-in/connect with peers activity. It started out as an activity to encourage the expressive and receptive language skills of primary students, but it really helped develop classroom community. As soon as students come into class they "check-in." Each student has a clip and on the clip is a shape. There are 2 of each shape in the class. The students have to find their partner (matching shape or whatever) and then ask and answer a morning question. I made the questions refer back to reading/math/science of the day before or to start energizing for the day. Students turn to talk and then report out about their partner's answers. It made students talk to new students and learn new things about each other.