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Recently 5th grade students have been studying We Can!1 Unit 1 `Hello, everyone`. They have been using the English they have studied so far as 3rd and 4th grade students to make self-introductions.

We started class with our greeting game as usual. Ms. Emily and a student volunteer showed a demonstration to everyone.
"For your birthday present, what do you want?"
We always do a greeting game in order to review the English that the students have studied so far. It helps everyone to remember!

After watching the demonstration it was the students turn to try. They could use all the English they have studied so far.
"How are you?"
"I'm good!"

Many of the students used the English that we have been studying recently.
"What do you want for your birthday?"
"I want money!"

After the greeting game, Ms. Mayumi talked about how she has to do a self-introduction in English during her next business trip. Ms. Emily watched her self-introduction and gave advice to make eye contact and use a clear voice. The students also helped to give ideas about what to say.
"You could talk about what you like! You can say that you like natto!"
"Oh! Nice idea!"

Next, everyone checked the goal for the class.
"Let's make self-introductions using the English that we know!"

The students got into pairs and introduced themselves to each other.
"I like swimming. I want a new pencil case."

We decided to do this before the students took any notes so that they wouldn't have any paper to look at. This means the students could make eye contact easily.
Great eye contact! Nice smiles!

The teachers picked some students to do a good demonstration to everyone.
"3, 2, 1, Action!"

The students who demonstrated had very clear voices. It was easy for everyone to understand.
Also they used all the English that they have studied so far. Good job!

After doing their demonstrations in pairs, the students tried writing about the things they like.
The goal of elementary school English is not to write words but instead to copy them.

The back of the We Can!1 textbook has a big words list that the students used to copy.
"Look! This is how you write `blue`!"

If the word that the students wanted to copy didn't appear in the words list then they could ask any of the teachers how to spell the word. The teachers then wrote the word on the blackboard for the students to copy.
The students were all very interested in writing the words for the things they like.

Everyone tried hard to copy the words carefully.
The students are used to talking and listening a lot in English class but we don't do much writing so this was a very fun change for the students. Everyone really enjoyed it!

Lastly, the students who had finished writing first practiced doing their self-introductions. The teachers asked some of the students to give a good demonstration to the class.
You can see on the blackboard all the words that the students in the class wanted to copy. There are so many words!

Everyone will give their self-introductions while showing the words they wrote in the next class. Good luck everyone!

5th grade students have continued studying We Can!1 Unit 1 `Hello, everyone`. In the last class they studied the phrase "What ~ do you like?" and this class they will focus on the phrase "What do you want?". The students studied this phrase when they were in 3rd grade so they are already a little familiar with it.

We started class with a greeting game. This time the homeroom teacher and one student gave a demonstration. They used all the questions we learned in the last class.
"What colors do you like?"
"I like navy and black."

Everyone tried to use the English they have learned so far.
Nice gestures!

After that, we did the alphabet song. The teachers picked some students to come to the front.
Clear voices! Good job!

Next, Ms. Emily and Ms. Mayumi talked together. The students listened carefully and tried to pick out the words they understood.
"My birthday is soon. It's May 2nd."
"Oh! I will give you a present. What do you want?"
"I want yellow flowers."

After, confirming with the students what they understood, we talked about the goal for today's class.
"Let's read together!"

The students practiced the phrases with Ms. Emily before getting into pairs to ask each other what they want for their birthdays.
"I want an mp3 player."

We took some time to check how to say some words in English before the students walked freely around the room to find out what their friends want for their birthdays.
"What do you want?"

All three classes of students worked hard on actively aproaching their classmates to talk as well as talking to many different people.
Everyone did their best!

Everyone tried hard to 'catch' their chances to talk to people.


The students all felt happy when their classmates called to them.
"See you!"
Great job 6th grade students! The teachers could see a good change in you even during this class. Nice!

5th grade students had their first class studying We Can!1 Unit 1 `Hello, everyone`. It was also the first time for the students to have class in the English room this year. Everyone was a little nervous and excited to see what we would be studying.

We started class with our usual greetings. Our first greeting game was the silent greeting game. Students had to greet each other and ask each other "How are you?" without actually saying anything.
Nice 'Hello' gesture!

Good 'How are you?' gesture!

Through this activity the students realised the importance of eye contact and gestures in communicating with others. Everyone had to use this knowledge in our normal greeting game. Everyone was happy to be able to talk again!
"Hello! How are you?"
Nice smile!

"What's your favorite kyushoku?"
"It's natto."
"I see."

"See you!"
Good eye contact!

After the greeting games we sang and danced the alphabet song. This time the students took turns in pairs to either sing or dance.
Everyone is getting good at the dance. Now we want to improve our singing too.

Now that everyone had warmed up their bodies and minds it was time for a listening activity. We did Listen 1 on p.4 of We Can!1.
The students had to listen to the characters talk about what they like and dislike and draw a line to the correct picture.

We focused on picking out key words in order to complete the activity rather than trying to understand everything.
Everyone listened very carefully.

Next, we checked the goal for the class.
The students had to ask their teacher or their friends about what they like. The students studied the question "Do you like~?" last year so this was a little familar to them.

Next, we did the Let's Play 1 activity on p.4. The students had to guess their teachers likes and then ask them as a group.
Everyone repeated the question after Ms. Emily.

After some more practice we did the Let's Play 2 activity on the same page. The students had to ask their friends the same questions.
"What sports do you like?"
"I like baseball."

The students worked together in pairs.
It was hard to make eye contact and not look at the textbook but the students did their best.

After asking the questions in pairs, we decided to research the most popular color in the class. Everyone walked around the room and tried to ask as many people as possible the question "What colors do you like?".
Great eye contact and smiles!

All three classes either had blue or black as the most popular colors.
Yellow was very close too!

Lastly the students gave their reflections on the class.
"It was really interesting to learn about what my classmates like. It was also fun to think about what I like. I think I learned more about myself!"

Great job everyone! We have another English class this week on Friday. Let's do our best then, too!