P.S.

175 City Island School

Guidance Curriculum
OCTOBER - TEAMWORK

Title of Lesson
What is Teamwork?

Grades
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade

Materials
Blocks

Purpose (Why of the lesson, where and how does it tie into the course/curriculum?)
To incorporate good character and teamwork into the school community

Learning Outcome(s) (What will students be able to do/know by the end of the lesson?)
Students will be able to define teamwork
Students will be able to work together as a team

Bridge-In (Focus student attention)

Ask students to define the work teamwork
Make a web on the board of students ideas

Procedure
1. Explain that we want school to be a positive place
2. Ask, Why is teamwork important?
3. Give each table of students some blocks
4. Explain to the students that each table has to build a tower, TOGETHER
5. Stress that this is not a competition or a race

Guided Practice (Application of knowledge: classroom activities for students, problem to

solve, etc.)
Students will work together as a team to build a tower

Reflection (Recap key concepts, helps students consolidate knowledge)

Ask, How can we use teamwork at school?

Check for Understanding (What questions will you ask and when to determine students
understand?)
Ask, Why is teamwork important?

Assessment (Product, Reflect on Learning Outcomes)

Working together to build a tower
 P.S. 175 City Island School
Guidance Curriculum
OCTOBER - TEAMWORK

Title of Lesson
Finish the Story

Grades
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade

Materials
Large sheet of paper
Picture with drawing of a sun on it

Purpose (Why of the lesson, where and how does it tie into the course/curriculum?)
To incorporate good character and teamwork into the school community

Learning Outcome(s) (What will students be able to do/know by the end of the lesson?)
Students will be able to define teamwork
Students will be able to work together as a team

Bridge-In (Focus student attention)

Counselor will recap teamwork

Procedure
1. Ask, Why is teamwork important?
2. Explain that we will be writing a story about yhis picture of a sun passed around to them in the
circle
3. Explain that when it gets to them, they are to make up one line of the story to go with the one
before
4. The counselor will write their story on a large sheet of paper
Guided Practice (Application of knowledge: classroom activities for students, problem to
solve, etc.)
Students will work together as a team to write a story

Reflection (Recap key concepts, helps students consolidate knowledge)

Ask, How did we use teamwork in this activity?

Check for Understanding (What questions will you ask and when to determine students
understand?)
Ask, Why is teamwork important?

Assessment (Product, Reflect on Learning Outcomes)

Working together to write a story