Movie Beginning To Launch

The first day in the field was a little overwhelming being the first group to present to the class of 4th graders, but it was a great first experience.
In the beginning of this project it was a  challenging task to be the first group to go first. We used google docs, met with Dr. Smirnova, and tried to stay as organized as we could. I believe that we did a great job in both communicating with each other in the group and with Dr. Smirnova and Mrs.B in the 4th grade classroom. 
Here is our first direct instruction lesson that we created on google docs and published it to our 4th grade class. We called it Movie Making Business.
I believe we taught the students great vocabulary and new ideas about business. Day one got the students minds thinking and wondering about new ideas that they've might have never thought before. 
We taught the students vocabulary such as expenses, profit and revenue. We of course had to give examples for each, but once the students got to thinking they caught right on to what was being taught to them and they soon became very interested and began to start thinking of ideas on their own. Once the students had the vocabulary remembered it was the end of the class and we left them to thinking to what the next step they might take into making their own business.  
I thought our group did very well for the first group to go and it was a good feeling to get the project going first. I believe the first group who went had the most important job because we were going to be the ones getting the students minds thinking first and built on their education behind the word "business". 
Our group had a great power point to show the students and showed them many different examples of the vocabulary. Their were times that I wished we could take back and do over again, for example some of the language we used like the word "guys" referring to the students or walking around the classroom or even eye contact and projecting our voices better, but I do believe that we did a great job as a group going first and staying calm while teaching. It was a great first experience.