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Greetings Examples
Greeting descriptions from //Developmental Designs I Resource Book,// ©2010 Origins//.// Used with permission. Origins, Minneapolis MN.

All Group Greeting
A student greets everybody and they all greet him back in unison. //Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Antoine.//


 * VARIATION:**
 * A student greets everybody and they all greet him back in some special manner: //Good morning, everybody. I would like to be greeted in a deep (or sad, crazy, happy, etc.) voice. Good morning, Cesar (said in deep voices).//

Awesome Greeting
Each student greets with a different word that means "awesome," saying: //Good morning, everybody, I feel... (word selected).// Response: //Good morning, __, you are (word)!//

Ball Toss Greeting
A variation the Choice Greeting. If your group suffers and from cliques and exclusion, introduce the choice greeting with a ball toss. Then there's a lot of fun at stake in keeping to the guidelines about no shopping. Toss an object such as a ball or stuffed animal as you greet someone. //Good morning, John// - underhand throw or roll the ball to John, who responds back. //Good morning, Collette.//

Basic Greeting or Circle Greeting
A student greets the person next to her, he responds, and the process is repeated around the circle.


 * VARIATIONS:**
 * Students greet verbally and add a handshake.
 * Students greet the persons next to them using their formal names. //Good morning, Ms. Roberts//. The person replies, //Good morning, Mr. Valdez//.
 * Greet using different beginnings, such as Ahoy mate, Top o' the Morning, or G'day Mate.

Choice Greeting
Each student chooses a person to greet from anywhere in the circle.

Choice of Voice
Students greet the group and ask to be greeted in a certain way. //Good morning, everybody! Greet me in a Southern voice.//

Closed Eye
Materials: None Players shut their eyes and the teacher chooses someone to begin. The player who is chosen opens his eyes and says "Good Morning ," to the player of his choice in the circle. When the player being greeted hears her name, she opens her eyes, returns the greeting, and then greets someone else whose eyes are still closed. The greetings continue until everyone has been greeted. After the greetings are finished it is useful to follow with a debriefing:
 * How did it feel to have your eyes closed?
 * For those of you who were left until the end, what was it like?
 * How did we help each other in this greeting?

Plan for Success: This greeting works best in the middle of the school year once a sense of trust has been established.

Formal Greeting
Students greet with a formal handshake using only last names.

Funny Voices
The first person to start the greeting says, "My name is ___________ and I want you to greet me in a ___________ voice." The class then responds by saying in that voice "Good Morning _______________." Some possibilities for different voices are: spooky, whisper, loud, soft, baby, tough guy, squeaky, sing song, etc.


 * Plan for Success:** Before beginning the greeting brainstorm with the students different types of voices they can choose for their greeting.

Language Greetings: Variations on Good Morning
One at a time, students greet everybody in a language of their choice and are greeted back in that same language. Or a student greets a neighbor in a language of her choice, he returns her greeting, and then continues with a language of his choice.
 * Japanese: Ohieyo
 * Spanish: Buenos dias
 * Swahili: Jambo
 * German: Guten morgen
 * Fijian: Bula
 * Hebrew: Shalom or Boker Tov
 * Polish: Jen Dobre
 * French: Bonjour
 * Arabic: Salaam alecheim

Mimic Greeting
A student greets her neighbor in an unusual way and her neighbor mimics the greeting back.

Movie Star Greeting
One at a time, students greet each other using their middle names as their first names and the names of the street they live on or a pet's names as their last names. For example, Harold James Starling of Bushberry Lane with dog, Lucky, becomes James Bushberry or James Lucky.

Name Card Greeting
A stack of name cards for everyone in the class in in the middle of the circle. Students select a card at random and greet the person indicated on the card.


 * VARIATION:**
 * Place nametags in a pile in the middle. Each student chooses a nametag, greets that person, and switches seats with him or her.

One-Minute Greeting
Students greet as many people individually, by name, as fast as possible in one minute.

Peace Greeting
Students form pairs, greet each other verbally, //Peace, Naomi//, and make a peace sign to each other. This may also be done using the Basic Greeting format, one pair at a time around the circle.

Share Greeting
Students greet everyone and follow with a one-sentence share. //Good morning, everybody. Yesterday, I...//

Snake Greeting
The first student stands up, greets a neighbor, and then moves on to greet the next person. As the person moves on, the one who was greeted stands up and follows. Everybody will greet each person and be greeted once.

References:
Crawford, L. (2008). //The Advisory Book//. Minneapolis, MN: The Origins Program. Crawford, L., Hagedorn, C., & Tyink, S. (2010). //Developmental Designs 1 Resource Book//. Minneapolis, MN: The Origins Program.