Team Building 6 th Grade Skills Needed for Middle School and Post-Secondary Success

Review Names Stand, say your name, and tell us what you ate for breakfast. Microsoft, 2011

Review: Introductions What are the steps to introducing yourself? Microsoft, 2011

Review: Introducing Yourself Steps: 1.Make eye contact and smile 2.Shake the person’s hand 3.Greet the person and say your name Ex. Hi. I’m Jamal. 4.Ask for the person’s name. 5.Immediately repeat their name while saying something like, “It’s nice to meet you Sarah.”

Activity Line up in alphabetical order by first name. Use your introduction skills to learn others’ names if you don’t remember them! Microsoft, 2011

Introduce Yourself 1.Introduce yourself to the person to the left and right of you. 2.Count off by 5 3.1s form a group. 2s form a group. Etc. 4.Introduce yourself to any group members you do not know

Objective The objective of today’s lesson is to practice cooperating with others to achieve a goal. Microsoft, 2011

Paperclip Gum Challenge Each team will be receive a paper bag containing the following items: – a piece of chewing gum – a piece of paper – 10 paperclips – a piece of string – five circular stickers You have 5 minutes to come up with a plan for creating the longest object you can – It must stay together!

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Building Time You now have 5 more minutes to construct your object. During this 5 minutes, you MAY NOT TALK! Microsoft, 2011

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Times Up! 1.Time to measure! 2.Bring your object to the front of the room. 3.Measure your object using the tape measure. 4.Write the length of your object on the board. Microsoft, 2011

Discussion In your small groups, discuss the following: – What was easy about creating your object? – What was difficult about creating your object? – How did you communicate with your group members? – What could you have done differently?

7 Essential Skills for Teamwork 1.Listening 2.Questioning 3.Persuading 4.Respecting 5.Helping 6.Sharing 7.Participating Microsoft, 2011

References Document Source: Bellingham Public Schools. 7 Essential Skills for Teamwork. (1999). Retrieved from Image Source: Microsoft Office Images. (2011). Retrieved from us/images/