EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES OFFERED TO GROUPS FROM GRADE THREE TO SIX
Activity
Description
General
objective
Specific
objective
Targeted skills
A lesson
from nature
Students read a text on wild
gooses comportments. In small
groups, students discuss about
cooperation strategies used by
gooses.
To
understand
cooperation
Discover the
components of
cooperation.
The blind
men and the
elephant
In small groups, each students
receive a different piece of
puzzle. Without showing it, each
one as to describe it to his/her
teammates. Together, they have
to find out what the complete
image represents.
In small groups, students write
(by using a collective Graff) and
share how they perceive the roles
of the student, the teacher and
the school and their specific roles
in the launching of a project
managed by students.
In small groups, students need to
present an improvisation to the
whole class. They need to act a
conflict-resolution strategy to
solve the conflict written on the
improvisation card they received.
To
understand
cooperation
Recognize the
importance of
sharing
ideas to fully
understand a
situation.
Justify one’s ideas,
summarize
ideas out loud, respect
the comments of
others in a discussion,
come to an
agreement.
Justify one’s ideas,
respect the
comments of others in
a discussion, request
the right to speak,
participate equally.
Living better
together
Clarify the roles
of the student,
the
teacher and
school.
Summarize ideas out
loud,
participate equally,
help others to
remember
ideas, reformulate.
Living better
together
Use effective
strategies
to resolve
conflicts.
Everyone has
a role
Improvising
around
conflict
Academic
subjects
touched
Oral expression,
reading, writing,
biology
Feedback
Oral expression
1. To get understood, it is important
to express our ideas properly
2. By gathering everyone’s ideas, we
can create a complete idea
Oral expression,
writing
1. It is important to exchange on the
different actions each actor could take
to respect their own role.
2. A collective Graff helps exchange
ideas to build a more complete idea
that represent each team members.
Participate equally,
Oral expression,
encourage
creativity
others, invite others to
express themselves,
come to an
agreement.
1. Different conflict-resolution
strategies may be used to solve
conflicts at school or at home
2. Everyone can choose the strategy
that suits the best the circumstances
and the type of people involved in the
conflict
1. To go further, it is advantageous to
work in team (communication, cheers,
confidence, task sharing, etc.)
2. Cooperation is natural, even for
animals!
Discovering
the values of
cooperation
Find someone
who...
Let’s discuss
I have a clue!
In small groups, students need to
define one of the values of
cooperation (democracy, equity,
responsability, egality, solidarity,
mutual aid, sharing) by using the
different tools they have
(internet, dictionaries,
newspapers, etc.)
Each student is given a chart on
which there is a list of skills,
abilities and characteristics. By
asking others, each student needs
to find one person who possess
one of the skills, abilities or
characteristics. The gold is to
associate a different name to
every skills, abilities or
characteristics.
In small groups, students discuss
about a text they just read. To do
so, they need to use a specific
sequence of actions that forces
them to listen properly their
collegues and resume ideas of
others before speaking.
Each member of the team is given
a sheet containing a certain
number of
clues. Each person must share the
clues written on his or her sheet
in order to
find the solution.
Living
better
together
Create
awareness
about the
values
of cooperation.
Criticize ideas not
people,
justify one’s ideas,
respect the comments
of
others in a discussion,
reach a consensus.
Oral expression,
reading, writing
1. Different values of cooperation may
be applied in words and actions all day
long.
2. I team, we can build an idea
(definition) more complete than by
oneself
Working
together
Get to know
each other.
Ask questions, wait
one’s turn,
request the right to
speak, help one
another.
Oral expression,
reading
Working
together
Learn effective
communication
skills and how to
have small
group
discussions
Wait one’s turn,
enrich ideas,
complete other
people’s answers,
reformulate,
reach a consensus.
Reading, oral
expression,
listening, ethic
1. It is not always easy to catch ones
attention, but different strategies may
be used (word, eye contact, physical
contact, body language)
2. Sometimes, people we know petty
well may possess skills, abilities or
characteristics we don’t know
3. Oneself cannot possess all skills,
abilities and characteristics, but an
entire group can
1. Too often, we hear what people say
but don’t listen to it properly
2. Ideas brought after a real listening
effort are usually richer and of highest
quality
Working
together
Experience one
component of
cooperation:
interdependence.
Communicate,
complete other
people’s answers,
reformulate, reach a
consensus.
Reading, oral
expression,
divers academic
subjects
(history, maths,
biology, etc.)
1. Because oneself cannot know
everything, it is worth to work in
interdependence
2. To work in interdependence, we
need to care about the needs of
others, express our needs properly
and share our ideas efficiently
The dealer
game
The egg
challenge
Each team receive fragments of
geometrical forms. One person
ensures that fragments are
distributed qually among
members. The task is to reassemble the circle through
interacting with the other
members in a specific way
(fragments are never to be taken,
only to be given, the game is
played in complete silence, no
signs can be made to other
players, neither give nor accept
suggestions from others, never
take fragments from another
student’s set, do not place a
fragment into another’s circle,
etc.). The team succeeds when all
members have completed their
circles.
Each team needs to build, with
the given material, an egg shield
to protect it from a 2m fall. At the
end, the shield will be tested.
Taking a
step
further
Solve a problem
using only
non-verbal
communication.
Be sensitive to the
needs of
others, help one
another, participate
equally.
Maths (angles,
geometrical
forms)
1. It is important to understand the
needs of others
2. Often, it is advantageous for oneself
to help his neighbourg
Living a
project
Work in team
and integrate
the different
component of
cooperation.
Communicate, respect
ones role, work
together to reach a
commun gold,
participate equally,
help one another
Oral expression,
physics
1. work in team may be a challenge,
but gives impressive results
2. Respect ones role in a project is
essential for the progress of the
project
* Other activities are also available to meet the needs of specific groups. Many of these activities may also be preceded by a
TOOBEEZ cooperative game that brings students to move and experiment some components of cooperation.
These activities are supported by the following partners:
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES REALISED WITH TOOBEEX MATERIAL
Activity
Objective
Targeted skills
All Aboard !
The entire group must fit inside the TOOBEEZ
square
Help one another, solidarity, communication,
group cohesion
Activity
Objective
Hoops Pass !
Pass the TOOBEEZ square around a group as
quickly as possible.
Problem solving, creativity, communication,
solidarity, group cohesion
Targeted skills
Activity
Objective
Targeted skills
Side Switch !
People need to place themselves in alphabetical
order without touching the ground outside the
structure.
Problem solving, creativity, communication,
solidarity, group cohesion
Activity
Objective
Targeted skills
Helium Stick!
Lower the TOOBEEZ stick to the ground
everyone together by touching it only from
one finger
Problem solving, communication,
synchronism, solidarity, group cohesion
These activities are supported by the following partners: