Team Celebration Points
Purpose
Tied to homework, team cooperation, Random Reporter, and
Team Check activities, these points improve student behavior
and help team members hold one another accountable for
learning lesson content.
For related topics, see the
LO O K S LI K E/ S O U ND S LI K E/ FEEL S
LI K E C H A RT, P O I NT S T R I P S, TEA M
C O O P ER AT I O N G O A L, and T E A M
S C O R E S H EET sections.
Breaking It Down
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For every day of the lesson cycle, award team celebration
points for the following (These points are recorded on the Team Celebration
Points poster.):
– Homework – Award one point for each team member who brought back
completed homework. If all team members brought back their homework,
the team earns an additional point.
– Team cooperation – As teams display positive cooperative behaviors
as defined by the team cooperation goals, provide specific feedback, and
award team celebration points. (The number of points awarded is up to the
discretion of the teacher.)
– Random Reporter – Award team celebration points according to how
prepared each team representative is to answer questions thoroughly
and accurately.
– Team Check – Award team celebration points for how well teams prepared
their representative to answer the Team Check accurately and explain the
team’s solution.
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Each team can keep a running record of their points earned using the section of
the team score sheet labeled “Tally Boxes for Team Celebration Points,” or the
teacher can record the points on the poster.
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At the end of the cycle:
For grades 1 and 2
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Go to the Team Celebration Points poster, and convert each team’s team
celebration points into Super, Great, or Good Team status. To do this:
1. Find the team with the highest total team celebration points. This team sets
the bar for the Team Celebration Points poster scores.
2. Place the overlay on the
poster, with the top of the
blue band aligned with the
highest-scoring team’s bar
on the Team Celebration
Points poster.
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4. All teams with scores that
fall within the yellow band
(below the blue band) are
Great teams. Identify these
on the Team Celebration
Points poster.
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3. All teams with scores that
fall within this first blue band
are Super teams. Identify
these teams on the Team
Celebration Points poster.
SUP ER TEAM S
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Team Celebration Points
BL UE BAND
YEL L OW BAN D
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G REAT TEAM S
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5. All teams with scores that
fall within the red band
(below the yellow band)
are Good teams. Identify
these teams on the Team
Celebration Points poster.
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Using your
own discretion, you may
decide that you want only
the teams with scores that
fall within the last red band
on the overlay to qualify as
Good teams. You may want
to start out with everyone
qualifying as a Good Team,
and then increase the
expectation that a team’s
score must fall within the
red band to qualify as a
Good Team.
RED BAN D
G O O D TEAM S
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Teacher’s Note:
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6. All other teams that fall
below these three bands are
also Good teams. Identify
these teams on the Team
Celebration Points poster.
RED BAND
For grades 3–8
The team with the most team celebration points on the Team Celebration Points poster
at the end of each cycle sets the bar for team celebration scores. Use the overlay
provided to help students visualize the following:
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Place the overlay so the blue bar aligns with the top of the highest-scoring
team’s bar on the Team Celebration Points poster.
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Team(s) within the blue band will earn a team celebration score of 100.
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Team(s) within the yellow band will earn a team celebration score of 90.
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Team(s) within the red band will earn a team celebration score of 80.
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All other teams will earn a team celebration score of 70.
These points should be recorded in the box titled “Team Celebration Poster Score.”
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