富沢小学校 Tomilishブログ

2nd grade students have recently walked around the neighborhood and visited many different shops and restaurants in the area. In this class, the students introduced the shops to Ms. Emily and learned the names for these places in English.

First, we had greetings.
"Hello everyone!"

Everyone enjoys doing the greeting game. It helps to set a good atmosphere for the English class.
"Hello! How are you?"

Ms. Ayaka asked the students, "Who had good eye contact/a nice smile?". Then she asked the students who nominated their friends, "How did you feel when they spoke to you with good eye contact/a smile?"
"I felt happy!" "I felt they were listening to me"
It's important to ask these questions so students know why they should make eye contact and smile.

Next, the teachers asked the students to introduce in Japanese the different places they visited around the neighborhood. Ms. Emily taught them the English.
"This is Samzana. It's a restaurant. You can eat curry and nan."
"Oh! Indian restaurant!"

After that we played a pointing game. First the teachers did a demonstration and we practiced as a class using the flashcards on the board.
After Ms. Emily said the English everyone had to point to the right picture and repeat the English.

After the demonstration, the students got into groups of 3 or 4 and we handed out the pointing cards. We do this after the demonstration so the students will concentrate during the demonstration.
It's also a good time to practice English!
"Here you are!"
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome!"

The pointing game was very fun!
Everyone enjoyed slowly getting faster and faster.


We finished the class by reading a book.

In this book the character goes to many different shops to buy some presents for friends.

We have used this book with 5th grade students, too.
It's a great book!

Good job 2nd grade students!