Personalized Greetings

Documents

Click here for a downloadable and editable email that you can send to families and caregivers asking for help on pronouncing their child's name correctly and why it is important.

Click here to access a Google doc a teacher created to send out to families asking about their child's interests, strengths, and preferences.

Handouts

Personal Greetings & Check-Ins (pdf)

Videos

This 3-minute video, above, demonstrates how greetings can improve student-teacher relationships.

Documents

Click here for a downloadable and editable email that you can send to families and caregivers asking for help on pronouncing their child's name correctly and why it is important.

Click here to access a Google doc a teacher created to send out to families asking about their child's interests, strengths, and preferences.

Handouts

Personal Greetings & Check-Ins (pdf)

Videos

This 3-minute video, above, demonstrates how greetings can improve student-teacher relationships.

Documents

Click here for a downloadable and editable email that you can send to families and caregivers asking for help on pronouncing their child's name correctly and why it is important.

Handouts

This handout (pdf) is a something you can print out and have students complete to celebrate their name and their pronunciation.

Websites

This website provides useful strategies for pronouncing and remembering students' names.

This website explains why pronouncing student names is important.

Videos

This 2-minute video celebrates students' identities and name pronunciation.

Documents

Click here for a downloadable and editable email that you can send to families and caregivers asking for help on pronouncing their child's name correctly and why it is important.

Websites

This website provides useful strategies for pronouncing and remembering students' names.

This website explains why pronouncing student names is important.

Videos

This 2-minute video celebrates students' identities and name pronunciation.

Documents

Click here for downloadable Word document that lists 20 ways you can greet students.

Handouts

This handout (pdf) provides a good visual depiction of types of greetings you can give as options.

This handout (pdf) also provides another visual depiction of greeting options.

This handout is another good depiction of greeting options you can print out and put on your door - including an 'opt-out' choice.

Videos

This 1-minute video, above, shows a way that students can choose how to be greeted in the morning.

This 2-minute video, above, shows a teacher making a personal connection with students by welcoming them with their choice of greeting.

Documents

Click here for downloadable Word document that lists 20 ways you can greet students.

Handouts

This handout is a good depiction of greeting options you can print out and put on your door - including an 'opt-out' choice.

Videos

This 1-minute video, above, shows a way that students can choose how to be greeted in the morning.

Documents

Click here for a downloadable and editable Excel sheet that you can use to track greeting students.

Handouts

This handout, from PBIS, is brief break down of why and how teachers use personalized greetings.

Websites

Class Dojo is a one way educators can track greeting all students at least once per day.

Videos

This 4-minute video, above, highlights the research that has been conducted on the use of greetings and discusses how teachers can fit this strategy into their busy schedule.

This 3-minute video, above, highlights the social connectedness and choice that students have at being greeted at the door.

Documents

Click here for a downloadable and editable Excel sheet that you can use to track greeting students.

Handouts

This handout, from PBIS, is brief break down of why and how teachers use personalized greetings.

Websites

Class Dojo is a one way educators can track greeting all students at least once per day.

Videos

This 4-minute video, above, highlights the research that has been conducted on the use of greetings and discusses how teachers can fit this strategy into their busy schedule.

Handouts

This handout (pdf) highlights the importance of understanding our own feelings and its impact on greetings.

This handout (pdf) provides 70 ways to build stronger relationships with students.

Websites

Teachers can use BrainPOP Jr.'s resources on emotions and social skills to facilitate discussions with students about how their feelings can influence their interactions with others, including greetings.

Videos

This 1-minute video, above, demonstrates six options that students can choose from to be greeted in the morning.

Handouts

This handout (pdf) highlights the importance of understanding our own feelings and its impact on greetings.

This handout (pdf) provides 70 ways to build stronger relationships with students.

Websites

Teachers can use BrainPOP Jr.'s resources on emotions and social skills to facilitate discussions with students about how their feelings can influence their interactions with others, including greetings.

Videos

This 1-minute video, above, shows another example of how teachers can greet students quickly and efficiently.