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Working Well in a Group

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Personal & Social Development›Friendship & Cooperation|Ages 7—9|ID: mt_QxsoqVUt6u

Work effectively as part of a small group — contributing their own ideas, listening to others' ideas, taking on a fair share of the work, and supporting the group to reach a shared goal

Mastery Evidence

  • Contribute at least one idea during a group discussion
  • Listen to and build on another group member's idea
  • Complete their assigned part of a group task on time

Assessment Prompt

“When [child] has to do a group project at school, do they pull their weight — sharing ideas and doing their part — rather than sitting back or trying to take over?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

PSPE.INT.P2.CU.1IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes only
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PSPE.INT.P2.LO.3IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes only
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Prerequisites5

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  • Communication Vocabulary soft

    Working effectively in groups draws on vocabulary like 'cooperate', 'compromise', and 'conflict'

  • Taking Turns and Sharing hard

    Effective group work builds on turn-taking and sharing

  • Listening and responding soft

    Effective small-group collaboration requires the foundational listening skill of attending to others and following discussion rules developed in Speaking & Listening

  • Group discussions soft

    Group work benefits from collaborative conversation skills

    • Listening and responding hard

      Listening and responding foundational to conversation

    • Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft

      Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints

      • Feeling of not understanding soft

        Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register

        • Asking for Help hard

          Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck

  • Listening to Others hard

    Group work builds on listening skills

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