Summary
City Island Elementary plays Farmfield Elementary at softball, and the score matters less than how the players treat each other. Watt works out what to do with big feelings when a game does not go his way. Good for the week your class starts team games.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- How did the players act when things did not go their way?
- What does it look like to be a good sport after you lose?
- What could you say to someone on the other team after a game?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: sportsmanship, teammate, fair.
Try it: Write one thing you could say to a teammate and one thing you could say to an opponent.