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49 Group Skills

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Groups Skills Opening Page

Start-Up Activity

Have students rate their group skills, using the following scale. Afterwards, ask for volunteers to share their rankings. Express that this chapter will help students address group skills that need improvement. 

How often do you . . .

1. listen carefully

2. offer ideas

3. focus on ideas

4. respond politely

Never

1

1

1

1

Rarely

2

2

2

2

Sometimes

3

3

3

3

Often

4

4

4

4

Always

5

5

5

5

Think About It

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” 

—Henry Ford

State Standards Covered in This Chapter

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.1

LAFS Covered in This Chapter

LAFS.6.SL.1.1

LAFS.7.SL.1.1

LAFS.8.SL.1.1

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

110.22.b.1

110.23.b.1

110.24.b.1

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

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Skills for Listening

Stress to students the importance of listening closely when working with a group. When group members do not listen closely and respectfully, the group will not function well. Review the strategies on this page. Ask for volunteers to share other strategies they use to listen closely. Then have students practice the strategies as they listen to you read the next page aloud. 

State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.6.SL.1.1
TEKS Standard:
110.22.b.1
NE ELA Standard:
LA 6.3.1.e, LA 6.3.3.e

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Level:
Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
21st Century Skills:
Learning SkillsLife SkillsCollaborating
Social-Emotional Intelligence:
Team BuildingSocializationAttention and Focus

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Skills for Observing, Cooperating, and Clarifying

Read this page aloud. Encourage students to use the listening strategies from the previous page as they follow along.

In between reading, pause and demonstrate particular tips. For example, you could have students draw conclusions from your body language. 

State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.6.SL.1.1
TEKS Standard:
110.22.b.1
NE ELA Standard:
LA 6.3.1.e, LA 6.3.3.e

Related Resource Tags

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21st Century Skills:
Learning SkillsLife SkillsCollaborating
Social-Emotional Intelligence:
Body LanguageEmpathy

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Skills for Responding

Divide students into small groups. Have each group choose a group leader to read page 370 aloud. Afterward, pose a general discussion question to each group, such as, "What is the best movie of all time?" Encourage groups to practice the skills for responding as they discuss their answers. 

State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.6.SL.1.1
TEKS Standard:
110.22.b.1
NE ELA Standard:
LA 6.3.1.e, LA 6.3.3.e

Related Resource Tags

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Level:
Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
21st Century Skills:
Learning SkillsSucceeding in SchoolSucceeding in the WorkplaceCollaborating
Social-Emotional Intelligence:
Team BuildingSocializationAttention and Focus