We began this year with a focus on Teamwork. I'm a big believer in working together and, as collaboration is a focus skill of our district, I thought that we should start the year learning about working together.
Students read two articles this week and annotated their thoughts as they read. The first article was entitled:
The Importance of Teamwork and the second was
A Great Metaphor of Teamwork from Steve Jobs. With the first article we decided to make a clear Class Vision to share with others (you'll see this coming in the next few weeks to our wall outside). With the second, we debated whether or not we agreed with Steve Job's metaphor and how it would apply to how we work together.
We also had discussion on how everyone has something to offer and how we all have great qualities. We realized that it's easier to work well with others when we know them and we like them. Students spent time this week communicating with each other to find commonalities and begin friendships. It seems as we are all starting off on the right footing.
