# Lesson 190: Working together

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Responsibility and Citizenship

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## Objective

I can tell what it means to work together and give simple examples of sharing jobs, taking turns, and helping my team.

## Materials

- Plain paper and crayons or colored pencils
- Notebook page for a small teamwork plan
- A few simple objects to move or sort together (blocks, books, toys)

## Mini-lesson — What does it mean to work together?

When we work together, we are part of a team. A team is a group of people who help each other with the same job.

Teamwork at home

- Everyone helps tidy the living room.
- One person collects toys, another person wipes the table.
- People talk kindly and share jobs.

Teamwork at school

- Group projects where everyone has a small job.
- Taking turns with markers, glue, or blocks.
- Listening to the group plan and following it.

How teams work well

- Share jobs so one person does not do everything.
- Take turns speaking and using materials.
- Listen to each other's ideas.
- Encourage each other with kind words.

Teamwork feelings

- Working together can feel faster and more fun.
- People can feel included when they have a job.
- Sometimes we disagree, but we can still stay kind.

In this lesson, we practise small, everyday teamwork: sharing jobs, taking turns, and helping each other.

Picture strip: Three children working together

## Guided Practice — Teamwork plan

You will make a simple teamwork plan that shows how people can share jobs.

1. Think of a small job you could do with others, such as tidying a room, setting the table, or cleaning up art supplies.
2. Draw a big circle on your page. At the top, write or trace "Our teamwork plan".
3. Inside the circle, draw three small people. Under each person, write or trace a job, such as "pick up toys", "put books away", or "wipe table".
4. With an adult, turn your jobs into a sentence, such as "When we work together, we finish faster."
5. Under the picture, write or trace: "Working together means we share jobs."
6. Read your teamwork plan aloud to an adult. Ask, "Which job could I try first?"
7. If possible, try your small teamwork job with family or classmates and notice how it feels to work together.

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## Practice — Is this good teamwork?

Use short stories to talk about good teamwork and not-so-good teamwork in a gentle way.

1. With an adult, think of three short stories. For example, "Four children are cleaning the art table" or "Two friends are building a tower".
2. For each story, first tell what happens. The adult can act it out or draw a quick picture.
3. Ask, "Is this good teamwork or not?" and explain why. Look for sharing jobs, taking turns, and listening.
4. If the teamwork is not good, say one way to change it into better teamwork, such as sharing blocks or using kind words.
5. At the end, say one sentence that starts with "Good teamwork looks like…" and finish it with your own idea.

## Quick Check — Working together

Answer each question about working together. These questions check simple ideas only.

1) What does it mean to work together?

One person does all the work while others watch. People help each other with the same job. Everyone does something different in different rooms.
Working together means helping with the same job as a team.

2) Which is a good example of teamwork?

Grabbing all the toys and saying no one else can play. Pushing others so you can be first. Sharing blocks and building a tower together.
Sharing and building together is teamwork.

3) What helps a team work well?

Taking turns and listening to each other. Only one person talking all the time. Everyone shouting at once.
Taking turns and listening are key teamwork skills.

4) Your class is cleaning the reading corner. What is a good teamwork choice?

Throwing books on the floor. Putting books back on the shelf while others wipe the table. Leaving and saying, "You do it."
Sharing jobs makes cleaning faster and kinder.

5) How can you be a good team member during a group project?

Hide the materials so only you can use them. Talk over everyone and ignore the plan. Do your job, share tools, and listen to the group plan.
Good teammates do their job and listen to others.

6) How might working together feel?

Fun and faster, because you are not alone. Always boring and lonely. Exactly the same as doing nothing.
Teamwork can make jobs feel easier and more fun.

7) Your group has one pair of scissors. What is a teamwork choice?

Grab the scissors and never share. Take turns using the scissors and passing them gently. Break the scissors so no one can use them.
Taking turns with materials shows teamwork.

8) What can you say to a teammate who is trying hard?

"Good job, we are doing this together!" "You are too slow, I will do it all." "I do not want you on my team."
Encouraging words help the team feel strong.

9) Why is it important for everyone on the team to have a job?

So one person can rest while others work. So nobody knows what to do. So everyone feels included and the job gets done faster.
Sharing jobs helps everyone belong and helps the team finish.

10) Which sentence shows you understand this lesson?

"I should always do everything by myself." "When we share jobs and listen, we are working together." "Teams never need to listen to each other."
Sharing jobs and listening are big parts of teamwork.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can say in simple words what "working together" means. Student can give at least one example of teamwork at home or at school. Student can name at least one way teams work well (sharing jobs, taking turns, or listening). Student can explain how teamwork can help jobs feel easier or more fun. Student shows a basic understanding that everyone can be part of a team.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can talk about working together. 🙂 I know some ideas about working together, but I want more practice. 😅 Working together still feels a bit tricky to me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Sharing a job with someone else Taking turns with materials Using kind words with my team
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