First Day of Fieldwork

      Today was the first official day of fieldwork was today and I felt that it went well. We used our planets to create a fun game for the students. Our getting to know you activity was also unique compared to the other groups, because most of the other groups used worksheets. I felt that our game was a bit more interesting for students because we got to know them in small groups. We were able to focus on specific students, and we were able to take notes of different students that couldn't sit next to each other. I also felt like when the students came over to the group they were able to develop a sense of what our group was like as well. It was personal and I felt that the students enjoyed the activity. Afterwards, we were able to discuss with the class of teacher candidates about how the activities went. Overall, the entire class did well and the students seemed eager to come back next week. 
     As for lesson planning, my group met again today to finish preparing for our lessons for next week. When we spoke to Dr. Smirnova, we learned that we had gained a week to prepare for our lessons due to the snow days. My group at this point is developing well. I find it hard to teach comfortably when one has not taught before. Besides myself, my other group members have no experience in teaching students in any way. Their is a type of confidence that goes in to teaching, but I feel as though it is developed not known. My group seems to also be putting forth little effort in reference to trying to meet up and preparing the material. There is only one group member that has consistently put forth the effort in this group. It has been rather difficult to prepare for this lesson as well because of my group's lack of experience. I am eager to see how we do next week and I think that my peers feel the same. As for the lesson plan and materials, we are ready to go and have been for a few weeks!