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3rd grade students had their sixth and last class on the topic is `Who are you?`. This was the students final English class for this school year. In the previous classes we read the picture book `In the Autumn Forest` and practiced performing a skit. In this class, it was time for everyone to perform the skits that they had been practicing hard.

We started class with our usual greeting game. The teachers demonstrated using the phrase `What is your favorite~?` that we had practiced during Tomilish Time.
"What's your favorite sweets?"
"Guess what?"
"Hint, please!"
"Two circles, sweet, brown and white."
"Donuts?"
"That's right!"

After the demonstration it was time for the students turn.
"What's your favorite color?"
"Guess what?"
"Hint, please!"
"Strawberries."
"Red?"
"That's right!"

Class 3-1 students performed their skits during the parents observation class (授業参観). Everyone was very nervous but they did their best!
"I see something long! Are you a...?"
"Oh, my body! Yes, I am. I am a snake!"

Classes 3-2 and 3-3 performed their skits in normal English class. Everyone tried to cheer on their classmates and watched the other skits carefully. The students had even prepared some drawings of body parts to use in the skits.
"I see something shiney. Are you a...?"

"Oh, my teeth!"
"Yes, I am! I am a horse!"

"I see something cute! Are you a...?"
"Oh, my paw!"

The students did their best to speak in clear voices.
"Oh, my ears! Yes, I am. I am a rabbit."

The students acting as dogs had many things to say but they worked well together.
Nice teamwork!

The students tried to add gestures and sounds to their performances.
"I am a turtle. Splash!"

"Thank you for watching!"
Everyone worked hard and did a great job.
Well done 3rd grade students! You were all amazing!

3rd grade students had their fifth class on the topic `Who are you?`. In the previous classes we read the picture book `In the Autumn Forest` and decided characters and lines for performing a skit. In this class we practiced the movements and English needed to perform the skit.

First, students who were performing the same character got together in groups to practice their lines (セリフ) together. These students are performing the character `dog` who plays hide and seek with the other animals.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1! Ready or not! Here I come!"

As well as practicing the English together they also discussed what gestures they should do.
"Let's cover our eyes when we are counting!"

Next, the students got together in their skit groups to practice together.
"First, let's check our lines!"

The students took turns to show their group their gestures and lines.
"Oh! My paw! Yes, I am a cat!"

After that, they rehearsed their full skit. Everyone practiced their gestures and lines. The dogs searched for many different animals.
"I see something..."

The other animals poked their body parts out from behind a screen.


In this class the students practiced using a doorway.


The dogs spotted the body parts and tried to guess what animal it was.
"I see something cute."

"Oh! It's me!"

"I see something scary!"

The students practiced really hard. In the next class everyone will perform their skits.
"Let's do our best in the next class! Gambaro!"

Everyone is looking forward to seeing the finished skits.

3rd grade students had their fourth class the topic is `Who are you?`. In the previous classes we read the picture book `In the Autumn Forest`. In this class we started to prepare to perform skits of the story.

After doing our usual greeting game we jumped right into planning the skits. First, we decided on everyones' roles. We split the class into four groups. We split the story into two parts so that each group only performed half of the story. We also increased the number of students who performed the part of `dog` since it is the main character.
Everyone took time to decide what animal they wanted to be.

After deciding on the parts, we listened to the story again to check what each animal said.
"Let's listen!"

The students paid attention and listened carefully.
"I wonder what the `cat` says..."

When their character appeared the students took notes on what they said.
"Let's remember!"

The students practiced saying their lines at the same time as the digital storybook.
"Oh! My ears! Yes, I am a rabbit!"

Everyone tried hard to practice what to say. In the next class they will practice their movements, too. Good job everyone!

3rd grade students had their third class the topic is `Who are you?`. In the first two classes we read the picture book `In the Autumn Forest`. In this class we looked at the story in more detail in order to start preparing to do skits.

As always, we started class with a greeting game. Just as last class, we used the phrase `What is your favorite ~?` that we have been practicing in Tomilish Time.
"What is your favorite sushineta?"
"It's maguro."

After that we sang the `Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes` song, did the `Please Game` and then we refreshed our memories together about the story.
"What animals do you remember?"

Then, we listened to the story again.
We checked that we remembered correctly.

We also matched the animals to the body parts.
"Oh! We could see the rabbit's ears!"

We checked the answers together as a class.
"What part of the snake did you see?"
"Long body!"

Students also wrote down some English words that they heard. This will help them in future classes when they make skits.
"Turtle. Splash!"

The last activity was to try to say the words at the same time as the digital book. Then everyone thought about the skits they would make and what animal they wanted to be.

In the next few classes we will make skits. I wonder what animals will appear in the skits!

3rd grade students had their second class the topic is `Who are you?`. In the first class we listening to the first half of the `In the Autumn Forest` picture book. Everyone was looking forward to the second half.

First, we started with a greeting game. We used the phrase `What is your favorite ~?` that we have been practicing in Tomilish Time. After the greeting game the teachers got some students to give a good demonstration.
`In the Autumn Forest` does not have a chant so we have been using the 4th grade chant (you can see it on the T.V.) as a signal for the end of the greeting game.

Body parts appear often in the story so next we sang the `Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes` song and played the `Please Game`.
Mr. Shuhei was the first person to give instructions.
"Touch your head, please."
"Touch your back, please."
"Touch your nose!" "He didn't say please! Don't move!!"

Next, it was the students turn.
"Who wants to give instructions?"
"Me! Me!"

"Touch your head, please!"
"Touch your back!!"

After the game the students reviewed the animals that had appeared in the story so far.
"We listened to the story up to the fox. Let's see what animal appears next!"

On the last page of the story there is a big picture with many little animals. "Let's try to find all the animals!"
Everyone got close to the T.V. in order to search for the animals.

Here are just some of the animals that the students found.
They found even more animals in the picture after this.

Next, the teachers asked the students if they had noticed anything about the animals in the story.
One student noticed that all the animals have the letter `a` before them in the story. "Are you a cat?"

Some other students noticed that the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac appeared in the story.
All the students noticed many things about the story.
Nice job everyone!

3rd grade students have recently had their first class on a new topic. The topic is `Who are you?` and we are using the `In the Autumn Forest` picture book.

We started class with a greeting game. The students could use any English they have studied so far to talk with their friends. They used phrases like "What is your favorite color?" and "What's this?".
Great smiles!

Nice gestures!

Good eye contact!

The main part of the class was listening to the story `In the Autumn Forest`. We used the digital version of the story. In this class we listened to half of the story. We will listen to the other half in the next class.
In the story the animals are playing `Hide and SeeK`. After listening to half of the story (and finding half of the animals), the teachers asked many questions.
"What animals do you remember?"
"What body parts did you see?"
"What animal was first?"
If the students couldn't decide on the order of the animals we watched the story again.

In the story the students had to guess many different animals by their body parts. In order to study the English for different body parts we sang the song "Head, Shoulds, Knees and Toes". Then we played the `Please Game`. If the person says "Touch your mouth, please." you have to do what they say but if they don't use `please` you should not do it!
"Touch your mouth, please!"

"Touch your nose! Oh, no one moved! You are good at this game!"

After playing as the class the students got into pairs and played again. The students took turns to give teach other orders.
It's a fun game!

Good job 3rd grade students! We are looking forward to listening to the second half of the story in the next class.