Friday, May 26th- 8th Grade- Teamwork Activity

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date:  05-26-2017

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Team Work
Standards:	1a Empowers students to collaborate 3d Teacher incorporates 21st century life skills...leadership, adaptability, people skills, self-direction...etc 4f Organizes student learning teams ...developing cooperation and leadership.

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can cooperate, communicate, adapt and lead.	Students work together to complete activity

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Discuss words on wall: cooperation, collaboration, teamwork, feedback, communication, leadership and adaptability. http://pixabay.com/en/connect-connection-cooperation-20333/

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

Team Building  https://www.quia.com/hm/887690.html

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Lesson: Explain why teams are important in the business world. Even traditionally non-team activities are using teams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_programming Review the Team Work PowerPoint and explain the Group Exercise. Let students choose teams of four students per team. Group Exercise: Students will use their problem-solving skills to complete a solve a puzzle challenge. If time: Students will delete their previous year's files.

Higher Order Thinking Questions

What skills and attitudes make a good team member?

Student Technology/Differentiation

A kinesthetic activity is used for the teamwork concept.

Closure Strategy

After the puzzle challenge students will complete the Teamwork Worksheet. If there is time, students will compare and contrast their answers. If there is not time, students will review answers on the next day.