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6th grade students had their last class on the topic Hi,friends!2 Lesson 6 `What time do you get up?`. In this class all the 6th grade students gathered together to interview each other. It's a fun way to end the topic.

After greetings we had teacher talk. Ms. Emily and Ms. Emiko were talking to each other.
"Today is Valentine's day. I made chocolate."
"Me, too!"
"Let's give the chocolate together."
The male teachers were waited excitedly for the chocolate. They asked each other about their favorite chocolate. "What's your favorite chocolate?"
"Guess what?"
"Strawberry chocolate?"
"No. It's very very sweet."
"White chocolate?"
"Yes! That's right!"

When Ms. Emily and Ms. Emiko gave their chocolate they both gave it to Mr. Takeyuki. Mr. Nakamura didn't get any chocolate. He was sad.
Mr. Takeyuki told him that he could buy chocolate at the supermarket.
Everyone laughed. It was a funny Teacher Talk.

Next, the students did a greeting game asking each other about their favorite chocolate.
"What's your favorite chocolate?"

"Guess what?"
"Pocky?"
"That's right!"

After the greeting game the students did the Hi, friends! chant.
"At 7. At 7. I get up at 7."
Nice gestures!

After practicing the questions as a class it was time for everyone to interview students from other classes.
"What time do you eat dinner?"

"I eat breakfast at 7.30."
"Oh! I see."

Halfway through the activity the teachers got some students to give a good demonstration.
"I eat dinner at 9."
"Wow! So late!"
Good reactions! Well done!

The students tried to think about the demonstration as they continued with the second half of the activity.
Nice eye contact!

Good job 6th grade students!

6th grade students have been studying Hi,friends!2 Lesson 6 `What time do you get up?`. They recently had their fourth class on this topic. Their next and final class on this topic will be with all the 6th grade students together.

We started class with a greeting game. The students thought of a famous person or character and pretended to be them. Their friends had to guess who they were by asking many questions.
"Guess who?!"
"Hmmm.... where are you from?"

"What food do you like?"
"What color do you like?"

Once they had asked enough questions they could guess.
"You are from Sendai and you like ice skating. Are you Hanyu Yuzuru?"
"That's right!!"

After the greeting game we did the chant.
Everyone does great gestures. Well done!
We also use the chant to signal when we want students to stop an activity and go back to their seat. After hearing it many times, it is easy to remember!

In the last lesson the students asked when their friends go to bed and get up on weekdays. In this lesson we asked about Saturdays. They could ask 4 questions: eat breakfast, take a bath, eat dinner and go to bed.

First the students guessed what time the 3 teachers did those things.
"Hmmm....maybe Ms. Keiko has dinner at 7pm on Saturdays."

Next we checked if everyone had guessed correctly or not. We could practice the questions by asking the teachers as a group.
"What time do you eat breakfast?"
"I eat breakfast at 10.30am."

After practicing it was time for everyone to talk to their friends. Everyone only asked each friend one question. They decided themselves if they wanted to ask everyone the same question or different questions.
Great eye contact!

Clear voice!

Nice smile!

Some answers were surprising!

"See you!"

We checked the most common times as a class.
"Many people eat dinner at 6pm!"
"Only one person eats breakfast at 7.30am".
It was very interesting. Next time we are looking forward to finding out more about students in other classes. Good job everyone!

On Friday some school principals from Fukushima came to watch English class. After watching the 4th grade class on the topic `This is my day.` they then watched the 6th grade students. Recently, 6th grade students have started studying a new topic. They are studying Hi,friends!2 Lesson 6 `What time do you get up?`. They had their third class on this topic.

First, we had our greeting game. The teachers gave a demonstration first and then the students asked each other. Just as in previous classes we focused again on the question "What did you do on Saturday and Sunday?".
"Let's talk to many people!"

Nice smile!

If someone thinks of something they want to say in English they can ask one of the teachers.

Next, Mr. Takeyuki talked to the students about the goal for the lesson. Recently many students at our school have the flu. He asked the students for ways that they can protect themselves from getting the flu. One of the students suggested going to bed early and getting up early.
Mr. Takeyuki told the students that the goal for the class was to find out what time their classmates go to bed and get up.

After checking the goal we did the chant using gestures.
"What time do you get up?"

Next, we practiced asking the questions "What time do you get up?" and "What time do you go to bed?". We practiced by having the whole class ask the question together to individual students.
"What time do you get up?"
"I get up at 6.30."

After practicing the students guessed what was the earliest and latest time that their classmates get up and go to bed.
"Hmmm....maybe the latest time to get up is 7? Otherwise they will be late for school!"

Then, after a demonstration by the teachers, it was time for all the students to ask their friends. We focused on asking the question "What time do you get up?" first.
Ms. Emily helped with the pronunciation.

Good eye contact!

After asking the question "What time do you get up?" a lot the teachers stopped the class and got some good students to give a demonstration.
"What time do you get up?"
"I get up at 6.15."
"6.15?"
"Yes."
Sometimes the times are difficult to hear so it's good to check. Well done!

Next, we focused on asking the question "What time do you go to bed?".
Nice eye contact!

Great smile!

Lastly, we all checked together who gets up and goes to bed the earliest and latest. Let's all ask them together!
"What time do you go to bed?"
"I go to bed at 8.30."
"It's early! Good job!"

Good job 6th grade students!

Recently, 6th grade students had their last class for Hi,friends!2 Lesson 6 `What time do you get up?`. We are not teaching the textbook in order so Lesson 6 was our last lesson for the year.

First the students had to guess who would get up the earliest, who would have a bath the latest and so on.

Hmmmm...I wonder who goes to bed the latest... Maybe it's me!

The students chose to interview their friends about their weekends. Everyone thought that would be more interesting.
First they asked their friends "What time do you get up?"

They took a note of all the answers. Their mission was to find the person who got up the earliest and the latest.

The teachers played the chant. When the students heard the chant, they changed to the next question and so on.

"What time do you watch TV?"


"What time do you take a bath?"

After interviewing, everyone got together to compare their results.

"Who gets up the earliest?"
"Ms. Emily gets up at 8am. Did you interview someone who gets up earlier?"


Many people did!

The students had to say who they interviewed and ask them again.

"What time did you get up?"

This is how we researched the answers for the class.

We used the students name magnets to make a display on the blackboard.

It was a very interesting class! Everyone discovered new things about their classmates.