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4th grade students have started studying Let's Try!1 Unit 4 "I like blue." In this unit they will be designing t-shirts for our school character, Anerjiro. In order to design their t-shirts they used this lesson to research the top 3 popular colors in their class.

We started class with our usual greetings and questions.
"Look at the sky. How is the weather today?"
"It's sunny!"
"That's right. It's sunnny!"

After our greetings we had `Teacher Talk`. The students had to listen to the teachers talking, try and catch some of the words and think about what they were saying.
"I like yellow. Do you like yellow?"
"Yes, I do! I like suzume odori. Do you like suzume odori?"
"No, I don't. I like soccer."
"Oh!"

After the chant, we reviewed the English words for colors.
Then we did the chant from Let's Try!1 Unit 4 "I like blue."

Next, the teachers did a demonstration for the main activity of the lesson.
"Do you like yellow?"
"Yes, I do!"

After the demonstration the teachers asked the students what was different about the two teachers ways of asking questions. Ms. Emily asked Ms. Keiko "Do you like~?" questions about all the colors in turn until Ms. Keiko said "Yes". However, Ms. Keiko thought about what color Ms. Emily might like before asking questions. Everyone decided that thinking about the person and then asking questions was the best way.

Next, it was the students turn to interview everyone in their class.
"Do you like purple?"
"Yes, I do!"

Nice smile!

"Do you like green?"
"No, I don't."

Good eye contact!

Half-way through the activity the teachers asked some of the students to give a good demonstration. They did great greetings after finishing questioning each other.
"Thank you! See you!"

After watching the good demonstration the teachers did a bad demonstration to further emphasise their point.
"Wait!"
It's important to properly greet!

The students continued the activity while thinking about the demonstrations.
Great smile!

Nice eye contact!

At the end of the activity we tried to find the student who talked to the most people. The student who talked to the most people told us their results. Each class had different results which was very interesting!

Class 1:
1. Blue
2. Yellow
3. White

Class 2:
1. Blue
2. Green
3. Red

Class 3:
1. Yellow
2. Purple and Black (draw)

In the next class the students will use these results in order to design t-shirts. We are looking forward to seeing their designs.
Good job everyone!

5th grade students had their fourth class studying Hi,friends!1 Lesson 5 `What do you like?`. In the previous class the students had interviewed their friends and designed t-shirts for them. In this class the students presented the t-shirts that they had designed.

Here are some of the t-shirts that the students designed:
This t-shirt was designed for a student who likes starts, diamonds, circles, red, blue and yellow.
Oh! Nice Doraemon!

This t-shirt was designed for a student that likes circles, crosses, green and blue.
Great design!

After our usual greetings the students did the chant from Let's Try!1. They did the "What color do you like?" chant and then using the same chant's karaoke version everyone chanted "What shape do you like?".

Next, we confirmed our goal for the class.
"Let's give our friends the t-shirts we designed for them."

First, the teachers showed a picture on the screen and asked "Who designed this t-shirt?"
"Me!"

"Who is this t-shirt for?"
" It's for ~san."
"Come here, please"
In this way the students came to the front of the class in pairs to present their t-shirts.
"Let's watch!"

The students talked about why they chose their design. We aimed for the students to think a lot about what the other person would like.
"This is for you."
"Blue stars and pink circles."
The students could use Japanese to explain their reasoning.

Everyone checked with the student who would receive the t-shirt:
"What shapes/colors do you like?"
After answering those questions the student said what they thought about the t-shirt. "Great! I want 3 more t-shirts with this design!"

The students tried their best to create t-shirts that their friends would like.
"Wow! It could be sold in Uniqlo!"

The teachers would ask the students listening questions, too.
"What shapes does he like?"
"Stars!"
"That's right!"

The students used English to exchange their t-shirt designs.
"Here you are!"

"Thank you!"
"You are welcome!"

Nice work, 5th grade students!

3rd grade students have been studying Let's try!1 Unit 4 `I like blue`. In this class they used the question "Do you like~?" to try and find the most popular sport in their class.

We started class with our usual greeting questions.
"What day is it today?"
"Let's sing the song as a hint. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday..."
"Friday!"
"That's right! It's Friday!"

Next, the teachers did `Teacher Talk`. We like to show many different situations that the students can use the phrases that they have been studying. In this class they decided to go for a picnic. Ms. Emily brought a basket full of food and asked the other teachers questions such as "Do you like grapes?" before passing them the food. After talking the teachers asked the students what they had talked about.

After the teacher talk we did the chant from Let's Try!1. Everyone enjoyed singing along and doing gestures.

Next, the teachers did a demonstration of the interview activity to find the most popular sport in the class.
"Do you like swimming?"
"No, I don't!"
"Do you like soccer?"
"Yes, I do!"

After watching the demonstration the students all predicted what would be the most popular sport. "Hmmm...maybe soccer?"

Then, it was time for the students to interview as many of their classmates as they could.
"Do you like basketball?"

"No, I don't".

"Do you like soccer?"
"Yes, I do!"

"Ok! Let's write down one point for soccer!"

Half-way through the activity the teachers got some students to give a good demonstration.
Great eye contact! Nice gestures!

Everyone kept the good points of the demonstration in mind while continuing the activity.
Nice smiles!

Clear voice!

Good eye contact!

After the activity we tried to find the student who talked to the most people.
"If you talked to 11 people, raise your hand.."

The student who talked to the most people told us their results.
Swimming was surprisingly popular!

Good job 3rd grade students!