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Leadership, Sportsmanship, and Teamwork Teacher Resources
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Youngsters investigate group activities and team sports by researching the rules of teamwork. They read the list 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, and then participate in group discussions, sports games, and presentations while using their newly found techniques.
Students complete pre reading, writing, and post reading activities for the book Teamwork Saves The Day. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
Pupils share examples of good sportsmanship, then read a news article about a team helping an injured player score a home run. The teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then learners read the news report and watch a video about good sportsmanship. The lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.
Elementary learners discuss what it means to be a good and bad sport during competition. They define specific behaviors that would constitute both good and bad sportsmanship. Next, they role-play different situations demonstrating positive and negative behaviors. Finally, they complete a worksheet with regard to their new knowledge.
Learners complete activities regarding good sportsmanship. In this sportsmanship lesson, students discuss winning, losing, and cheating. They participate in Sportsmanship scenarios and discuss what they would do in each situation.
Students explore communication skills. In this character development and leadership activity, students play "Twenty Questions" and give oral directions to a blindfolded partner walking through a maze. Students discuss how effective communication skills were necessary to perform both activities well. Students make connections between the activities and other teamwork situations.
Teamwork is the focus of this lesson. By discussing what teamwork means, learners begin to explore this topic. There are a series of slides focusing on the behavior of geese that highlight leadership and teamwork skills.
In this social studies worksheet, learners learn that teamwork is a vital part of life at school. Students read the information and advice on this poster. Learners list examples of teams or groups they have enjoyed and write how working together can be helpful.
Students practice working in groups to brainstorm about what teamwork means to them. They develop their own guidelines to pass along to others about how to work in a group successfully.
Sixth graders listen to the story BEING A BAD SPORT as teacher reads to the class. They identify good and bad sportsmanship by reading and writing activities. They then go to the gym and simulate a game situation recording examples of good and bad sportsmanship.