1. Starting and Ending Class – Greeting Students

2. Small Group Discussion
How do you usually begin class with your young learners?
Preview
The way you begin class sets the tone for the rest of your time with your students. Let’s take a minute to discuss how we do that.
Have participants discuss the prompt in groups of three or four. After three to five minutes, ask one person from each of the groups (or select a few) to share an idea with the whole group.

3. Video
Distribute handout 9.2.
In this video segment, we’ll see some specific ways to greet students. Use your handout to take notes about greetings.
Play the video.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases
Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases. _______ the start of class with different types of greetings. _______ fun greetings to make language more memorable. Try _______ greetings to encourage interaction among students. Use _______ to give young learners practice in asking and answering questions.
Review
Ask participants to help you complete the sentences, or invite a few to the screen to do the activity themselves.
Answers:
Mark the start of class with different types of greetings.
Use fun greetings to make language more memorable.
Try circle time greetings to encourage interaction among students.
Use chain drills to give young learners practice in asking and answering questions.
You can add notes to your Handout 9.2 under greetings.
Mark
chain drills
circle time
Use