Journal 11

This past week we were allowed to discuss our group projects with one another. On Monday, my group didn't have our book so we did as much as possible as far as how we would open and close the lesson. We weren't sure as to how we were going to open the the lesson. Since the book we picked was geared more towards 1st and 2nd graders, we had to make the lesson more understandable since not many students that age know about reduce, reuse, recycle.

I was glad that we had a chance to go first so that we could get it over and done with. there is also a disadvantage to goin first. When you go first, you don't get to see other groups so you're able to see where the starting point is and be able to surpass that. But when going first you can be the standard.

On monday our rationale for music in our assigned subject is due.

Journal 10

Last week we turned in our annotated bibliography for our individual literature project. Breaking into our groups and beginning to decide how we're going to present our subject and still incorporate music will be challenging. I say its challenging because if the subject doesn't call for you have to make music for it. What makes it even more challenging is the fact that as future teachers adding more materials to what we will already need, can make the lesson even more complicated and time consuming.

Minus the group projects we're still working on multicutural project which is very time consuming, considering the fact that the country I selected isn't one of major countries of asia. Lao is next to Thailand and because it shares a lot of similarities with it, it doesn't have many unique or different qualities that sepereates them. The research that is available takes a lot to find.