Haveyoueverhreadofthesayingthat“twoheadsarebetterthanone”?Infact,ittalksaboutonething:teamwork.Whentwoormorepeopleworkorplaytogethertoreachacommongoal,theymakeateam.Thegoalmightbetowinagameoffootball,tofinishadifficulttaskortowinaquiz.Toachievethegoal,theymusthavegoodteamwork.

Teamworkisanexcellentwayforstudentstosharewhattheyknow.Whileonestudentmaynotknowallthatisneeded,twoormoretogethermight.Whenplayingabasketballgame,forexample,someoftheteammaybebetterrunners,othersmakegreatattackplayers,othersarestrongerandmakegreatdefendersandothersaregoodatshootingabasket.Theybringtheirskillstogetherandachievethingsasateamthattheycouldn’ttoalone.

Therearetwothingsthatmakeateamsuccessful.Oneishowwelltheteamasawholeachievesitegoal.Theotherishowwelleachmemberoftheteamcontributestothegroup.Forexample,thinkofafootballteam.Theteamwinsthegamebutacoupleofplayerskepttheballtothemselves,sothatsomepeoplehadnothingtodo.That’snotasuccessfulteam.Ontheotherhand,eachmemberoftheteammightgetthechancetokeeptheball,butthemightnotworkwelltogether.That’snotasuccessfulteameither.Iftheteamwantstodowell,eachmembermustworkhardandworktogethertowinthegame.

Now,thinkofagameyouhaveplayed.Haveyoumadegoodteamwork?