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Doing your part in a group

Personal & Social Development · Friendship & Cooperation · ages 7-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Your groupmate suggests a blue poster background. Which reply builds on that idea?

    • Let's stop making a poster and talk about lunch.
    • We could add yellow stars on the blue.
    • I will ignore that idea and choose everything myself.

  2. It is your turn to speak in a group project. You have an idea for the project. What can you do?

    • Tell the group my idea.
    • Keep the idea hidden from the group.
    • Leave before anyone can hear my idea.

  3. A team agrees that each member will do one part of a poster. Only the leader needs to finish a part.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Your class is choosing a pet. The rule is to raise your hand and wait to be invited. Someone is speaking. You want to suggest a fish. What follows the rule?

    • Raise my hand and wait to be invited.
    • Call out my fish idea while the other person speaks.
    • Start telling everyone my idea before I am invited.

  5. Your group needs your poster pictures on Friday. You can finish them by then. Which plan follows the agreement?

    • Wait until after that Friday before I start drawing them.
    • Keep the finished pictures until after the project is due.
    • Finish and give the pictures to the group by Friday.

  6. This chart counts jobs for a new project. How many jobs does Tess have?

    Lena1Omar2Tess3

    Answer: ______________

  7. A project needs four parts. Three are finished, and the fourth is not done yet. What is true about the project now?

    • All four parts are ready to put together.
    • No one can ever finish this project now.
    • One part still needs to be done.

  8. Mia suggests a dragon for the group story. Sam says, 'A dragon. I added to your idea.' What has Sam done so far?

    • He added a new event to Mia's dragon story.
    • He repeated the idea without adding to it.
    • He asked Mia how her dragon story would end.
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  1. We could add yellow stars on the blue. · Yellow stars add a detail linked to the suggested blue background.
  2. Tell the group my idea. · Sharing during your turn lets the group hear and consider your idea.
  3. False · Each member has an agreed part. Finishing only the leader's part leaves other parts unfinished.
  4. Raise my hand and wait to be invited. · This class's rule is to raise your hand and wait. Share the idea when invited.
  5. Finish and give the pictures to the group by Friday. · The group needs the pictures on Friday. Starting after that Friday or keeping them until after the project is due would miss the agreement.
  6. 3 · Tess's bar has a value of 3, so she has three jobs. The chart does not measure how long they take.
  7. One part still needs to be done. · Three required parts are done. The fourth still needs work before the whole project is ready.
  8. He repeated the idea without adding to it. · Sam repeats the dragon idea. He has not added a new detail.
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