- marker
- name cards
- sentence chart
- sentence strips
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1.d Recognize and name some uppercase letters of the alphabet and the lowercase letters in one’s own name.
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1 Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Mathematics/Data Collection and Analysis 15 Recognize one’s own name and familiar common signs and labels (e.g., STOP).
Greeting Song: “Good Morning To You” #2
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness (Rhythm, Rhyme, and Repetition)
Educator Prep: Write each sentence of “Good Morning to You” on a sentence strip, including the blank line. Place each strip on a separate line in a sentence chart.
Tell children you are going to sing the song “Good Morning to You” to them. Focus attention on the sentence chart. Then say,
- These are the words to our greeting song, but there is a blank space where a name should be. I will place someone’s name card in the space and we will sing to that person. When I place your name there, we will sing to you.
- Model the procedure. Place the name of a child in the space. Encourage children to figure out whose name it is. Prompt by asking, Whose name begins with the letter “T”?
- Sing “Good Morning to You” to that child. Have children sing along.
- Say, Now I’ll put in another name. Look closely. It may be your name!
- Insert a different name in the chart. Each time, guide children to figure out whose name it is. Continue until every child has been greeted.
Good Morning to You #2
(sung to the tune of “Happy Birthday”)
Good morning to you,
Good morning to you,
Good morning dear _________,
We’re glad you are here.