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Need a fresh start for your classroom to re-energize your students?
Train your students how to work in groups using these fun teamwork learning skills lessons.
Collaboration and Teamwork are NOT the same!
- Your students may be working in groups, but that doesn’t mean they’re working well.
- These teamwork activities and lessons teach students about three different teamwork styles: collaboration, coordination, and cooperation.
- New Unit, New HABITS! Use these teamwork activities before your next unit to reset classroom expectations!
Teacher Feedback:
"This really helped my kids understand what Collaboration is, as well as, introduce group work into our lesson and how it is successfully done."
— Kaycee G. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What does True Collaboration in Group Work look like instead of students just “working” in a group?
Check out the product preview PDF to learn more!
1. Systematic and Cumulative Learning
Students Experience, watch and understand what true collaboration looks like. Each part builds on previous concepts to help students gain a deeper understanding.
- Section A: Collaboration Activity
- Section B: Collaboration Teamwork Styles
- Section C: Collaboration Video Analysis
- Section D: Consolidation of learning
2. Direct, Explicit Instruction
Students receive deliberate teaching of all concepts. The slideshow lesson explains how to fill out the worksheets.
3. Real World Literacy and Social Emotional Learning Skills
Social Emotional Learning that isn't babyish. Collaboration is a transferable skills we use in the classroom, at work, and in life!
4. Feel Confident
Feel confident explaining True Collaboration / Social Emotional Learning Skills to your students using the detailed lesson plan as a discussion guide.
UNIT OVERVIEW:
SECTION A - Word Jumble
- LESSON 1: Introduce the concept of collaboration, practice solving word jumbles, explore the concept of teamwork, and try 5 new strategies.
- LESSON 2: Review strategies, create word jumbles, and reflect on how we worked with others.
SECTION B - Teamwork Styles
- LESSON 3: "Collaboration is not the same as teamwork" Four corners activity, brainstorm examples of teams and groups, then analyze nine photos of teams.
- LESSON 4: Learn 3 ways teams can work: collaboration, coordination, cooperation. Reflect on our own teamwork in the word jumble. Apply our understanding by analyzing YouTube video (Minecraft / LDShadowLady) to determine if this is cooperation, coordination, and collaboration.
- LESSON 5: Do a gallery walk to analyze the nine photos of teams. Use criteria to determine which teamwork style is used. Analyze more YouTube videos (Scenes from "Big Hero Six" and a scene from "Toy Story 2") to determine teamwork style.
SECTION C - Teamwork - Video Analysis
- LESSON 6: Review teamwork strategies and styles. Analyze teamwork styles in YouTube video clips from "Big Bang Theory" and "Oceans 11".
SECTION D - Consolidation / Demonstration of Learning
- LESSON 7: Consolidate learning. Use critical thinking to come up with criteria to identify what Collaboration is and isn't.
- LESSON 8: Collaboration Self Reflection and optional review test.
Want to see exactly what you get before you buy this bundle?
- Look at the BUNDLE PREVIEW PDF. (Click the “view preview” button underneath the product cover section at the top of this page.)
- It is a low-resolution version of the entire PDF resource.
Collaboration is about working together to produce or create something.
Teamwork is a bigger umbrella term that includes three different styles: collaboration, cooperation, and coordination.
- The slideshow lesson includes examples of collaboration to help your students see the difference between just co-operating, or coordinating others, and real collaboration.
- The teamwork styles handout is DIFFERENTIATED for different abilities in your class.
Teamwork could be
1. COLLABORATION
- A group of students is working on an assignment.
- They’re all contributing to the discussion as equals.
- Finally, they have a collective aha moment and figure out something they didn’t realize before.
2. CO-OPERATION
- A group of students is working on homework questions together.
- They’re sharing information with each other.
- But, they each are working on their own separate goals (get their work done.)
3. CO-ORDINATION
- A group of students is working on questions
- The kids who are stronger tell the kids who are struggling what to do or write down on the assignment page.
- Someone takes on more of a leadership role and tells others what to do.
❤️ Need to address some classroom issues?
Do you find students don't know how to work in groups? Collaboration is not the same as teamwork. One person doing all of the work is not collaboration.
- The best time to use this resource to train your students was at the start of the school year.
- The second best time is right now.
- If we want students to improve, we need to train them. This 6Cs resource can help.
Real World Social-Emotional Learning that isn't babyish!
- In my grade 8 class, we explored the 6Cs and social-emotional learning skills.
- These skills didn't just help my students - they helped me rewrite my life story. They turned the hardest time of my life into something positive.
- I've used my professional experience as a teacher and my own lived experience with tough times to create these lessons.
Perfectly aligned to the Common Core!
- The CCSS standards are listed at the top of this TPT product page!
Perfect for teaching Transferable Skills in the new Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum!
Use these True Collaboration activities to help students demonstrate an understanding of how collaboration (transferable skill) is used in various language, literacy, and life contexts.
Look at the product preview to see how the activities in this resource line up with the Overall Expectations.
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum A1. Transferable Skills
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum A2. Digital Media Literacy
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum B1. Oral and Non-Verbal Communication
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum C1. Knowledge about Texts
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum C2. Comprehension Strategies
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum C3. Critical Thinking in Literacy
- Ontario Language 2023 Curriculum D1. Developing Ideas and Organizing Content
⭐ Use this life-long tool over and over again!
- Use this lesson when students don't know how to work in groups. Collaboration is not the same as teamwork. One person doing all of the work is not collaboration.
- Use this right before you start a group project to get more out of your students.
- Use this lifelong tool again in a few months during Back To School in August / September 2024!
- Use this when students get stuck in certain roles: being aggressive, passive, or a mindless follower!
- Teach important lessons if you ever need to fill a period.
- Leave detailed sub plans for a substitute teacher to use. Especially if you're away for an extended absence.
- Have fun in June during END OF YEAR activities while learning important transferrable skills.
⭐ The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The second best time is now.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TEACHER FEEDBACK ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- "Thorough and a great resource for coming back in person where students are not familiar with working together yet. Thank you!" (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied - Mary S)
- "Very helpful in getting students to know and understand expectations of learning while being remote." (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied - Jennifer D)
- "Fantastic! I use this with my eighth grade and they cant get enough of the interaction!" (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied - Cara C)
Build a growth mindset in your students. Teach them strategies to get better at collaborating.
✅ The NO PREP slideshow lesson teaches the concepts.
✅ You can EDIT THE FILES to fit your classroom needs.
✅ The slideshow lesson is comprehensive and teaches the concepts:
- DISTANCE LEARNING, BLENDED LEARNING or 1:1 LEARNING in Google Classroom
- IN-PERSON LEARNING in your real classroom
BONUS CONTENT ALERT:
- I just added a slideshow lesson exploring whether you can "collaborate" with artificial intelligence. (Oct 23, 2023)
- Watch my conversation with Chat GPT - latest bias. Is this collaboration?
- PS: There is an incredible critical thinking twist in this lesson. Will you and your students figure out what's wrong with this lesson?
..... Thursday, April 25, 2024 UPDATE: When was the last time you gave yourself permission to take a break? Teaching is an all consuming profession. We give to our students, we give to our families, but when is it okay to take a moment to rest? If you read this, and you'd like a break, email me the link to one of my resources and I'll see how I can help out!
Wait. It's almost May. Where does the time go?
You need marks but the closer we get to the end of the year, the more students start to check out. How can you give them a pep talk to make it to the home stretch?
Can you relate to any of these classroom problems?
Problem #1: Students don't try, especially when things don't work right away. They give up.
- ➡️ Check out this CHARACTER unit
Problem #2: Students don't do the right thing or stand up for each other. Being part of a classroom means being an active citizen. We don't always agree, but it's important to speak up.
- ➡️ Check out this CITIZENSHIP unit
Problem #3: Students don't know how to work in groups. Collaboration is not the same as teamwork. One person doing all of the work is not collaboration.
- ➡️ Check out this COLLABORATION unit
Problem #4: Students are mean, especially when they're upset. Good communication isn't just about presentations. It's also about getting your point across when both sides are upset, and things matter!
- ➡️ Check out this COMMUNICATION unit
Problem #5: Students wait for someone else to solve their problems. Creativity is about connecting ideas in new ways. When you are faced with a tricky problem, we use creativity to create a solution. Creativity is a skill we can learn.
- ➡️ Check out this CREATIVITY unit
Problem #6: Students believe rumors, gossip, and viral posts. They don't think for themselves.
- ➡️ Check out this CRITICAL THINKING unit
Problem #7: ALL OF THE ABOVE
- ➡️ Check out this CHALLENGE TASK. Can your class learn about a growth mindset while trying to stay in a growth mindset at the same time?
My name is Mike Fuchigami. I'm the Grade 8 teacher behind Educircles.
- I taught middle school English Language Arts for 13+ years in Ottawa, Ontario.
- I had a mental health crisis because of something that happened at school.
- Social Emotional Learning skills (6Cs) literally saved my life. That's why I'm so passionate about this stuff.
- I want to help your students develop Growth Mindset and Social Emotional Learning skills.
- ➡️ Read the article: Former Teacher Michael Fuchigami puts spotlight on lack of student mental health protection
Teachers around the world have DOWNLOADED 111,168 Educircles resources in over 59 countries!
- I donate 10% of everything I earn to STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH organizations. It's a promise I made to get through some dark times.
- Together, we've donated $15,520.51 (Check out the donation log.)
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You can also read more about Collaboration Skills Lesson Plans on our website.
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