Embrace the unknown

     Today, my fieldwork group met with our teacher for the first time to discuss our fieldwork planning.  Going into the meeting I thought we were golden.  We created a presentation that was engaging, colorful, and organized neatly.  Although our presentation was good, we were urged to think outside of the box and adjust some of our ideas.  Of course it was a little disappointing to find out our presentation was not the best, but hey, we learn from our mistakes and they are bound to happen.  The hardest part for me during the meeting was that I had to force myself to unlearn material I had already learned.  It is confusing I know, but I can now say I am totally onboard the inquiry lesson planning bus.

     Enough talk about my fieldwork group and me.  It is time to focus on the true stars of today's fieldwork session.  The inquiry lesson my classmates presented to our students during fieldwork went so smoothly.  Although their first lesson was good, my classmates seemed much more confident today and it truly showed.  Their lesson seemed to flow much better today.  My favorite part of the lesson was that the students had to explore animated movies.  I love animated movies and this inquiry activity allowed the students to learn about the movie industry in a fun way.  The students were excited to take on their new roles, work as a group, and investigate the materials and questions they were given.  The students liked the freedom to explore new matieral on their own.  Even though it was an inquiry lesson, the first fieldwork group did a great job of making aure the students stayed on task.  Not only did the students learn about movies, they had a sneak peek of what the rest of the BizMovie project will entail.  The students will take on important roles and will have to work with one another to be successful.  If I had to redo this fieldwork session for me personally, I would have walked around the classroom to truly see what the companies were doing during the inquiry lesson.  It is important for children to learn about the inquiry process because they will be using it for their whole lives.

     I cannot believe the first week of fieldwork is almost over.  I am most looking forward to the lesson to come.  I have never designed a cooperative learning lesson plan and I am excited to learn from my classmates.  Group one has been doing an amazing job in my opinion.  One more day and we are up.