Teamwork Isn't My Thing, and I Don't Like to Share: Activity Guide for Teachers

by Julia Cook

Kids learn by doing, and this guide offers everything teachers need to help students work better in groups and share with others. Use these classroom activities for teaching the skills of working as a team and sharing with others . This guide was written to be used with the storybook Teamwork Isn’t My Thing, and I Don’t Like to Share , which focuses on working together both at school and at home. Most of the activities can be used independently, without the storybook. Each activity More than a dozen activities include reproducible pages and reward coupons in full color that can be used to recognize students who master and use the skills appropriately. Any teacher with students in grades K-5 who squabble when they need to share, or who have trouble working together, can use these creative ideas to bring more cooperation and caring to the classroom . Digital content of forms and worksheets are available to download.

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

"In order to teach children, you must enter their view of the world."
~ Julia Cook

JULIA COOK, M.S. is a national award winning children’s author, counselor and parenting expert. She has presented in thousands of schools across the country and abroad, regularly speaks at national education and counseling conferences, and has published children’s books on a wide range of character and social development topics. The goal behind Cook’s work is to actively involve young people in fun, memorable stories and teach them to become lifelong problem solvers. Inspiration for her books comes from working with children and carefully listening to counselors, parents, and teachers, in order to stay on top of needs in the classroom and at home. Cook has the innate ability to enter the worldview of a child through storybooks, giving children both the “what to say” and the “how to say it”.

Reviews

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another R.J. treat. In this story, R.J. learns to be a part of a Team instead of everything being his way. This is a hard lesson for a lot of young children. As always the illustrations are gorgeous and the story is told with humour. A valuable resource.