Grubb,+Monica

Team Builder to promote responsibility and accountability with your students.

This is just a very brief description.

I have used a team builder assignment in my 5th and 6th grade classroom. Last year I allowed the students to get into groups of 4 or 5. They were imagining that they were going on vacation and were given $400 for 5 days. They had to spend the money on food only. I gave them menus from popular restaraunts and they had to write down what they chose to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Each group assigned each other a particular responsibility such as, recorder, the person who kept up with the assignment, and so on. The childeren worked on this project for 2 days in the classroom. They had a blast! This team builder lesson allowed students to work cooperatively together and taught accountability and responsibility for their role within the group.