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6th grade students have been studying about introducing themselves. Since they have already introduced themselves to their classmates we decided to gather all the 6th grade students together so they had new people to talk to.

As always the class started with a greeting game. After asking each other "How are you?", they used the question "What do you like?" to find out more about each other.
3 classes of students in the same room means many people to greet!

Next, the teachers gave a demonstration. They introduced their nickname, where they are from and what they like.


For the main activity we used two different styles, donuts and free conversation. First the students did `donuts`. They made two circles, one inside the other, and the outer circle moved around after each conversation.
This style means that no one wastes any time searching for someone to talk to. Also, students talk to others that they might not chose to talk to on their own.

The students all tried very hard.
Great eye contact!

Good gestures!

Nice smiles!

After the `donuts` activity, the students could move freely around the room and chose who to talk to. They tried to find someone from another class that they hadn't already talked to.
Nice eye contact!

Good gesture!

Great job everyone! Thank you to 6th grade teachers for arranging to have English class together. It's much more interesting to talk to many people. Hopefully we can do classes like this again in the future.

6th grade students have been continuing to study the topic `This is me`. In this class they focused on speaking about where they are from.

First, we started with a greeting game. The students got into pairs and their aim was to use the English they had learned to have a conversation. The students worked hard to make the conversation flow.
"What did you do on Sunday?"
"I ate soba."
"Do you like soba?"
"Yes, I do."

The teachers picked some students to give a good demonstration.
Good job! The conversation was very smooth!

After the greeting game, the teachers gave a demonstration.
"Where are you from?"
"I'm from Scotland. So, I like smoked salmon."

The students listened to the demonstration and tried to understand what the teachers had talked about.
"They talked about where they live?"
"But, Ms. Emily said Scotland. She lives in Sendai now!"
"They talked about where they are from?"
"Yes!"

After practicing the new phrases as a class the students asked each other in pairs.
"Where are you from?"

Next, they walked around the classroom and talked to many people.
Good eye contact.

Nice gestures!

Then, the students went back to their own classroom so everyone could use their desks. In this unit we will make a book introducing ourselves.
Ms. Keiko showed us how to fold the paper.

Everyone watched carefully!

After folding the paper we could make the first page by drawing our own pictures.

Good job everyone! We're looking forward to seeing all the completed books!

Recently, 6th grade students have been studying some topics that are not in the current Hi,friends! textbook. They had their first class on the topic `This is me`. We want the students to be able to talk about themselves and learn more about their friends.

For our greeting game the students used their name cards. On the back of the name cards they had written their favorite animal, color, fruit and sport. They had to guess their friends favorite things. "Do you like blue?"
Some students guess all 4 categories correctly. Wow! They really know their friends well.

Other students were suprised that they liked the same things. It's fun to learn more about each other!

To introduce the topic `This is me.` we read the book `I like me` by Nancy Carlson.

The main character talks about all the things she likes about herself.
She can dance. She can draw pictures.
If she makes a mistake, she tries again.
The students talked about the message of the book.
We want the students to be able to talk about themselves, too.

Next, the teachers gave a demonstration. The students can already talk about their likes, dislikes and what they can do. The teachers showed some new phrases to talk about themselves.
"What's your nickname?"
"My nickname is Kei. Please call me Kei."

After watching the demonstration the students practiced in pairs. Some students had to think about what they wanted their friends to call them.

Lastly the students walked around the room and used the new phrases with many people.
Nice eye contact!

Since it was the first class for the topic the students wrote a reflection card.
They only answered the middle question. They will answer the other questions at the end of the last class on the topic.

Great job everyone!