Lesson Plans and Activities

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Lesson Plans and Activities

BY JON GORDON AND LAUREN GALLAGHER, PH.D

CONTENTS

Overview and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Invite your Students/Players to the Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 We Before Me: 10 Ways to Be a Great Teammate . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Teams in My Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Be a Teammate Detective! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 My Team Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Getting to Know My Teammates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Me and We: Why They Both Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Hard Hat Challenge: My 10 Ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Overview and Introduction

This facilitation guide is based on the book, The Hard Hat for Kids: A Story of 10 Ways to be a Great Teammate by Jon Gordon and Lauren Gallagher, Ph.D. The purpose of this guide is to provide ideas and activities which will reinforce and develop the principles presented in the book.

Though the concepts in this book can be introduced at any time, we recommend reading the book and incorporating the activities at the beginning of each new school year or season. Learning to be a good teammate is the most important part of being part of a team, therefore the earlier this concept is introduced, the more time you will have to reinforce and teach the skills presented in the book and the more opportunities your students/players will have to practice them!

The activities are presented in an order that will help build an understanding of the "We Before Me" philosophy and will help teach 10 specific ways to be a great teammate. The skills necessary to become a good teammate and friend are best learned in a natural social environment. Reading The Hard Hat for Kids supplemented with the activities offered in the student journal will provide you a framework and common language for developing these skills in "real time" throughout the school year or season. All the activities can be modified, adapted, and differentiated to fit the learning needs of your students/players. You may need to simplify or extend some of the activities, depending on the age and developmental levels of your students/players. For older children, you may decide to swap out the activities for classroom/team chats or discussions. The most important thing is that the concepts are presented and explained in a meaningful way that will provide a platform for future learning.

Prior to reading the book we encourage you to use the Hard Hat invitations in the resource section to invite your students/players on your Hard Hat Team and/or hang up Hard Hat cutouts with students' names on them around your classroom as a way of sparking their curiosity. It is our hope that the tools you gain from reading this book will empower you with a lifetime of meaningful interactions and teachable moments with the children you work with.

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Invite your Students/Players to be on your Hard Hat Team

We all want to be part of a team with teammates who care! When you invite children to be part of your Hard Hat team, you are inviting them to be part of something special! You are letting them know they will be valued as individuals who are going to learn and grow together with others to create something bigger than themselves... a TEAM! Life is always more joyful when you have a loyal team of people with whom to work, play, and enjoy the journey. As a teacher, parent, or coach, this is a great way to engage your children and make the teaching, coaching, and learning process a fun and interactive experience. To invite the children on your Hard Hat Team, distribute the invitations found at the end of the guide to your students/players. Ask them to RSVP the old-fashioned way by writing their name on the invitation and dropping it in a container, bin (or a mailbox you create) on your desk or returning it to you at practice. It is recommended that you create a Hard Hat Team poster to put up in your classroom where you can paste each of the children's accepted invitations next to their personalized Hard Hats (found in resource guide) For you teachers out there, this can be a great visual for parents to see at Meet the Teacher and can provide a springboard for discussing the "We Before Me" culture of your classroom.

WE BEFORE ME

You are invited to be a member of team:

RSVP:

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WE BEFORE ME

10WAYS TO BE A GREAT TEAMMATE

GRADE LEVEL Kindergarten-6th Grade

O BJ ECT I V E (S) Students will be able to explain what the phrase " We Before Me"

means and will become familiar with the 10 specific ways to be a great teammate (which we will refer to as "teammate skills")

M ATERIALS

We Before Me: 10 Ways to Be a Great Teammate page in Student Hard Hat Journal

SUMMARY/PROCEDURE Mickey had to learn there was a difference between being the best player and being the best teammate. It is important that children understand the distinction between being "the best" at something and being the "best teammate" and why it is important to be a good teammate. It is important they understand that people will usually not remember how good you were at something but they will always remember how you treated them. By explaining and discussing the 10 ways to be a great teammate and what each of these "looks like" it gives children ideas about how they can bring these skills to all the teams they are part of.

KEY POINTS/QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION ? Ask the students to make a smart guess as to what the phrase "We Before Me" means ? Ask students why they think it is important to put "we before me" on a team ? Ask students how much time they spend alone versus how much time they spend with others (this will

generate more discussion as to why teammate skills which are really social skills are so important) ? Discuss the 10 Ways to be a Great Teammate and provide explanations and definitions for them (refer to

the list in the resources section of this guide) ? Discuss the importance of understanding what these 10 different skills look like and provide an example

through the use of the first skill which is "Work hard"

ACTIVITY Have students partner up or get in groups of three. Assign each group one of the 10 teammate skills. Ask them to think of a situation that describes what that skill looks like in action. Each member should either write or draw the situation. Have each group present to the rest of the "team" the individual TEAMMATE skill and what it looks like. They can present their drawings and/or "act out" the skill.

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