Teamwork requires a lot of work when you have different people working as a group. ...

Today in writing we had to make a poster about "What is an author" with my group/team. If we did not do our part the poster would not be completed. When my sister was sick the doctors had to work as a team to try and save my sister Juliana, but they failed and she passed away. Just because everyone does their part and you work together as a team does not mean you will win every time. ...

If you are playing a game in school, at home or at your friends house, if any of you lose then you should try to have a positive attitude and congratulate the other players for working together as a team. Teamwork requires everyone to communicate and to do his or her part and have a positive attitude even when you do not win.

Michael Hernandez

Fourth Grade

Sportsmanship

After listening to the N.C. State football players talk about sportsmanship and teamwork, they said three words, and those three words were "respect," "communication" and "trust."

Respect is important, because you can't be the boss of everybody and you have to respect their decisions. In sports, if you are disrespectful, you may get penalized. If you don't respect people in real life, you may not get what you want. ...

Communication is important because it helps you to get things done quickly and correctly. You might get mad at a friend because you didn't communicate clearly. ...

Finally we get to trust. ... If I wasn't trustworthy, my mom and dad may not let me use their phones or do stuff with the TV. ...

Once when I was playing baseball, the team we were playing was down one player, so I went over to their team and played for their team. We could've said we weren't going to let them borrow a player and they would forfeit, but because our team had good sportsmanship, we were all able to play.

Matthew Shorb

Fifth grade