What is cooperation?
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“getting along”
o [Not fighting]
o Working things out (when trouble comes)
o Finding a solution
 Letting someone go before you on a slide
 Sharing
 Turn-taking
Working together toward one goal
Exchanging ideas – putting them together to create something new
Being responsive
Being responsible –
o Respecting others
o For belonging to the community
Willing member of group/community
Other thoughts we had…
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I was used to seeing cooperation a certain way – but there are also subtle ways that you don’t
notice so much.
o Children sitting next to each other passing scissors/tape wordlessly.
Being responsible for “educating” other members of the community on “cooperative” norms