富沢小学校 Tomilishブログ

Last week class 6-2 had a demonstration class on the last day of term. The students were studying Hi, friends!2 Lesson 3 `I can swim.` and this was lesson 4/4.

The class started with `Teacher's Talk`. Ms. Emiko is a great piano player. She plays the piano all day on Sundays.
"Ms. Keiko, can you play the piano?"
"No, I can't but I can play the kendama."

"Oh great! Try it!" (The students have been using the phrase `Try it!` in Upper Grades Tomilish Time)
Wow! Ms. Keiko is so good at kendama!

After the `Teacher's Talk` we review some of the English phrases by asking questions as a class.
"Can you play the piano?"
"No, I can't but I can play soccer."

Next, we did the Hi, friends! chant. Two of the energetic students came to the front of the class to demonstrate doing gestures. Do you know what gesture this is?
They are thinking. "Hmmm..."

The other students do their best to do the gestures, too.
Doing the chant gets everyone in the mood to speak English!

After the chant, the teachers gave a demonstration of the main activity.
"Who am I? Mr. Shigeo, Mr. Kakinuma or Mr. Takeyuki?"
I can cook. I can play soccer."
"Hint, please."
"I can catch beetles."
"Can you touch a spider?"
"Yes, I can."
"Are you Mr. Shigeo?"
"Yes, I am!"

In the quiz, they first gave 3 choices. During other classes it was very difficult for the students to guess out of all their classmates so the 6th grade teachers decided to make it easier to guess.

Next, two students gave a demonstration to check that everyone understood what to do.
"Who am I?"

Now, it was time for everyone to try the activity. First they did the quizzes with the person sitting next to them.
Nice smile!

Next, it was time to walk around and talk to many different people.
Good eye contact!

Nice smile!

The students even talked to the teachers who came to watch. Well done!

Giving and answering quizzes was really fun!

Towards the end of the class everyone sat down and Ms. Keiko praised some of the good students that she had seen.
"It's important to stand in front of someone to greet them. If you stand behind them no one will know!"

The teachers also picked a good pair to demonstrate to the class.
Great eye contact! It's very difficult not to look at the papers when you are talking. Well done!

Lastly, some of the students gave their quiz to the whole class.
"Who am I?"

It was a very fun activity!

6th grade students and teachers worked hard to make a good class. Good job everyone!

6th grade students have been studying Hi,friends!2 Lesson 3 `I can swim.` and continuing to make quizes about their classmates.

Class 6-1 students were ready to start giving the quizzes to their friends. We started the class with `Teacher Talk`. Ms. Keiko and Mr. Kei talked about what they did on Saturday. Ms. Keiko played tennis all day.
"Mr. Kei, can you play tennis?"
They tried to play tennis but it was a little dangerous because Mr. Kei can't play tennis. The ball went into the corridor!

Mr. Kei was sad because he can't play tennis.
Don't worry! Ms. Keiko will tell him other things that he can do. "You can't play tennis but you can play basketball!"

Next, we did the Hi, friends! chant.
The students chanted and did gestures in pairs.

After that it was time for a demonstration of the greeting game.
"Let's watch!"

"Can you play kendama?"
"No, I can't!"
Oh no, he is sad!

Quick! Let's think of something he can do.
"But, you can play soccer!"
"Oh! Yes, I can! I can play soccer! Thank you!"
It was also the last chance for the students to collect information before giving their quizzes.

After the students had done the greeting game it was time for the main activity: giving quizzes!
The teachers gave a demonstration.
"Hint please!
"I can play the flute! Who am I?"

After watching the demonstration the students first gave quizzes in their pairs.
Praticing in pairs gives the students confidence before allowing them to talk to anyone in the class.

Nice eye contact! It's hard not to look at your papers when giving a quiz. Well done!

After practicing giving quizzes in pairs the students were able to walk around the room and give quizzes to many people.
Nice smiles!

Well done class 6-1! The 6th grade teachers could watch this lesson and think about how to improve it. Class 6-2 will give their quizzes in a demonstration class (研究授業）next week. I wonder what will be different. It will be interesting to see what the teachers change.

In the next English class 6th grade students will be making `Who am I?` quizzes. In order to make the quizzes they have to collect a lot of information about what their classmates can and can't do.

We like to start the class with doing chants.
Not only the teachers, but also some eneregtic students do the gestures in front of everyone which helps to encourage everyone to take part.

We played a chain game where students asked each other questions in turn.
"Can you play soccer?"

In order to collect a lot of information we have to interview our classmates. The teachers gave a demonstration.
You can ask one person, many different questions! It will help you to make `Who am I?` quiz hints.

The students asked a lot of questions.
"Can you play kendama?"

Half-way through the activity, the teachers stopped the students and did another demonstration.
"Can you play the piano?"
"No, I can't but I can play the recorder."
Let's add information about what we can do!

Let's try again!
Nice eye contact!

At the end of the class a few students did a `Who am I?` quiz so the other students could imagine what they have to do next class.
"I can play the piano. Who am I?"

The students could ask questions, too.
"Can you play the guitar?"
"Yes, I can."
"Oh! I know who you are!!"

Everyone is looking forward to making the quizzes next time!