💛 SELGrade 2Lesson 35
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Team Project Day

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Work together with others
  • 2Share tasks fairly, and contribute my best thinking and effort to a shared team project
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Mini Lesson

A team project is when two or more people work together toward a shared goal. Teams can do things that individuals cannot do alone — because every person brings different strengths, ideas, and energy to the work.

Why teams achieve more

  • When tasks are shared, each person can focus on what they do best.
  • Different ideas make the final product stronger than any one person’s idea alone.
  • Encouragement from teammates helps everyone keep going when the work feels hard.

Four key roles in any team

  • Leader — keeps the team on track, makes sure everyone has a task, and helps the group make decisions.
  • Recorder — writes down the team’s ideas, plans, and findings so nothing is forgotten.
  • Presenter — shares the team’s finished work with an audience, speaking clearly and confidently.
  • Encourager — notices when teammates are struggling and offers kind, helpful words to keep morale high.

Sharing tasks fairly and handling disagreements

  • Fair sharing means every team member has a meaningful job — no one does everything while others do nothing.
  • When teammates disagree, listen to each idea, look for common ground, and vote calmly if needed.
  • A great team celebrates everyone’s contribution at the end — not just the final product.
Four team role cardsFour labeled cards showing the four key team roles: Leader, Recorder, Presenter, and Encourager, each with a brief description.Four Team RolesLeaderKeeps the team ontrack and helps makedecisions together.Everyone gets a task.RecorderWrites down ideas,plans, and findings sonothing is forgotten.The memory keeper.PresenterShares the team's workwith an audience,clearly and confidently.The team's voice.EncouragerNotices when othersstruggle and offerskind, helpful words.Keeps morale high.
Four key team roles — Leader, Recorder, Presenter, and Encourager.
Teamwork wheel showing how contributions connectA circular wheel diagram with the team goal at the center, and spokes pointing outward to four contributions: fair sharing, calm disagreements, everyone's ideas, and celebrating all.How Teamwork Fits TogetherTeamGoalFair sharingEveryone has a job.Celebrate allHonor every effort.Stay calmDisagree kindly.All ideasEvery voice counts.
The teamwork wheel — fair sharing, calm disagreements, all ideas, and celebrating all connect to reach the team goal.
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Ask yourself: "Am I doing my fair share and making my teammates feel valued?"

Vocabulary
Team
A group of people working togethere.g. Our team had four kids.
Leader
The teammate who keeps the group on tracke.g. The leader assigned tasks fairly.
Recorder
The teammate who writes down ideas and planse.g. The recorder kept a list of every idea.
Presenter
The teammate who shares the work with otherse.g. The presenter spoke clearly to the group.
Encourager
The teammate who lifts everyone upe.g. The encourager kept us going when it was hard.
Contribute
To add your ideas and efforte.g. Everyone contributed something important.
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