Planning a Class Party Together

Learning Objectives Identify that working together helps make big things happen. Give one idea for our class party. Listen quietly when a friend shares an idea. Take turns when speaking in a group. Follow a simple, two-step team plan. Say one nice thing about a friend's idea. Let's plan a big party! 🥳 What fun things should we have? We will learn how to be a team. We will use everyone's ideas. Together, we can plan the best party ever! Real-World Applications Building a tall block tower with friends 🧱 Playing a team game like tag 🏃‍♀️ Cleaning up our toys together 🧸 Making one big painting with the whole class 🎨

TermDefinitionExample Team 🤝A group of friends working together.Our whole class is one big team! Idea 💡A thought you have in your head.An idea is saying, 'Let's eat cupcakes!' 🧁 SharingLetting other people know your idea.You are sharing when you tell us your game idea. Plan 📝The steps we will do to make something happen.Our plan is: 1. Eat snacks. 2. Play a game. InputAn idea you give to the team.Your input is telling us, 'Let's have balloons!' 🎈 OutputWhat our team makes together.Our final party plan is the output! 🎉

The Turn-Taking Pattern Step 1: One friend talks. Step 2: Everyone listens. Step 3: Next friend talks. We use this so everyone gets a turn to share. It helps us hear all the good ideas! The Idea-Mixing Rule Step 1: Take one idea. Step 2: Take another idea. Step 3: Put them together! We use this to make a super idea! Like mixing blue 🔵 and yellow 🟡 to make green 🟢. The Team Choice Vote Step 1: Look at all the ideas. Step 2: Raise your hand for your favorite. Step 3: The idea with the most hands wins! This helps our team pick just one thing. It is fair for everyone.