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1st Grade students have all had their 3rd English class of the year. In the first class we studied numbers 1-10 and in the second class we learned colors. Those two classes were before summer vacation so for the 3rd class we reviewed both colors and numbers.

We started the class with the silent greeting game.
"Let's make eye contact and smile!"
Good job!

Next, we did the normal greeting game.
"Hello! See you!"
It's so much fun!

After the greeting games it's time for songs. 1st grade students and teachers love to sing and dance. We sang the `Hello Song`.
Even teachers watching the class joined in, too.

After that we sang the `10 steps song`.
The students like replacing the numbers with gestures.

"Let's jump on number 3!"
JUMP!

After the songs the teachers talked about their summer vacation.
"I went to the swimming pool many times."
"How many times?"
"4!"
"Wow!"
"How about you?"
"0!"
"Oh no!"
Then the teachers asked the students how many times they had been to the pool in summer vacation. It was a good way to review numbers.
"How many times?"
"5!"
"Nice! Sit down!"

After that, the teachers showed some spiral paintings that the students had drawn. "What's this? Who painted this?"
"That's my painting!! I painted that!!"

We used the paintings to review colors.
"What color is this?"
"Orange!"
We also used the paintings to learn some new colors such as navy, lemon yellow and light green.

Then we played the Irosagashi game. This time we had to listen for the color and the number.
"Touch 3 red things!"
"Ms. Yune's nametag lanyard is red!! 1!"

"Touch 2 navy things!"
"Your t-shirt is navy!"

"Touch 4 light green things!"
"The couch is light green!"

Lastly we read the "Where is Spot?" picture book. It was very interesting. Ms. Emily asked many questions. "What color is this chair?"
"Light green!"
"That's right! Good job!"

Well done everyone!

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!