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5th grade students had their fifth and last class on the topic `Who is your hero?`. In this topic they are studying how to introduce someone who they admire while using the phrase `He/She is good at ~`. This class was also their last English class for this school year.

We started class with a greeting game. This time we used the question "What is your favorite food?". The teachers demonstrated first.
"Hint, please!"
"Fish and rice."
"Sushi?"
"Yes, that's right!"

Next, it was the students turn. They always enjoy giving quizzes to their friends.
"What's your favorite food?"
"Guess what?"

"Hint, please!"
"Tomatoes and onions."

"Salad?"
"No! It's not."
"Hint, please!"

"Cheese. Circle."
"Pizza?"

"Yes, that's right!"
"Yeay! I guessed right!!"

After the greeting game we asked the students to tell us who had difficult or interesting quizzes. Those students gave their quizzes to everyone.
"Black and white. You put on food."
"Salt and pepper?"
"Yes! That's right!"

Next, we did the chant. The students tried hard to sing along and do the gestures.
"This is my hero. He is Kosei. He can run fast."

Students even tried to do the karaoke version without the teacher's help.
The chant is difficult and fast but they could do it by themselves! Good job!

After the chant, Ms. Keiko got one of the students to help to demonstrate the next activity. In the last class the students had introduced their heroes in pairs and in groups. In this class they walked around the classroom freely introducing their hero to many people.
"This is my hero. He is Roger Federer. He is good at playing tennis."
"That's great!"

The students did their best to introduce their heroes in English.
They tried to use the phrases `He/She can~.` and `He/She is good at~.` when they were talking.

It was very interesting to hear about everyones' heroes.
Nice smile!

Great eye contact!

The teachers got some students to give a good demonstration.
She used the phrases we have studied very well. Good job!

Next, we played a boardgame that reviewed all the English the 5th graders studied this year.
It had questions about each other the topics that the students had studied.

The students enjoyed it very much!

It was a fun way to finish English class for the year.

It had many questions such as doing janken in English with their friends or asking English questions to their teachers.

The students did their best and were surprised about how much English they could speak. It gave them confidence that they have learned a lot this year!

Finally the students wrote a feedback card reflecting on English class this year.
Many students wrote that their feelings for English changed throughout the year and now they find it interesting to talk to their friends in English.

The teachers had some students announce what they wrote.
"We could ask our friends questions that we don't usually talk about in Japanese and learn many new things about them. It was a great chance to know our friends better."

At the end of the class the students received a ticket to move up to 6th Grade English.

Good job 5th grade students! You worked so hard in English class this year! Let's have fun and do our best in English class next year, too!