Journal

On Monday and Wednesday of this week, we did group presentations for the children's literature project. My group went on Wednesday and presented the book Who's Making That Noise. I feel that the children's literature project was important because when we become teachers, we'll be reading to our students. It's a good idea to add music into children's books because it gets students more involved in the story. Music also makes learning more enjoyable and fun for the students. I also finished up my three lesson plans that are due for extra credit on Monday. I feel that they went well and that practicing how to write lesson plans is really beneficial for my future career. It was also nice to hear that we don't have class on Fridays anymore to give us a chance to just work on our projects.

Journal #12

For the children's literature project, my group and I worked together by discussing and coming up with ideas. We all had a say in what went into the project and helped each other with any problems. My group completed the lesson plan together and a few members of the group offered to type the lesson plan and do the flash cards. I felt that my group was efficient and we accomplished our work in the time given to us in class. We created a whole lesson plan on language and spelling in an hour. I found that coming up with a song and the way to present the spelling words with music was the most challenging part of this project. The most exciting part of the project was getting to use the classroom instruments to go along with the book. Children can benefit from this project because they are learning and using music at the same time. They are using creativity to match the different instruments with the words in the story. Music is essential in a child's education in general because it enhance self-esteem, cognitive skills, language development, and improves a child's reading, math, and science scores. Music makes learning more interesting for students and helps them to engage in the lesson.