富沢小学校 Tomilishブログ

3rd grade students have been studying Let's try!1 Unit 4 `I like blue`. This week they had their fourth and last class on the topic. In this class they researched the most popular colors in their class in order to pick colors to decorate the signboard for our school festival. Some teachers came to watch the class, too.

After our usual greeting questions and doing the chant we had `Teacher Talk`. Ms. Emily talked about festivals in her country. The homeroom teachers told her about our school festival in Tomizawa.
"3rd grade students have to make a signboard for the festival but it's just plain white letters...do you have any ideas?"
"Let's interview each other and find out the most popular colors in the class! Then we can make the signboard with those colors!"
"Nice idea!"

Next, we reviewed the English names for colors.
"White!"

Then, the teachers gave a demonstration of how to do the interview.
"Do you like red?"
"No, I don't."
"Hint, please!"
"Lemon!"
"Do you like yellow?"
"Yes, I do! I like yellow!"

The students first guessed what would be the most popular color in their class. Then it was time to interview everyone!
"Do you like orange?"

"No, I don't!"

"Hint, please!"

"Sky!"
"Do you like blue?"

"Yes, I do! I like blue!"

"Thank you! See you!"
Great smiles!

After checking with the students about what was the most popular color out of the people they interviewed, everyone wrote their feedback cards. The teachers asked some students to annouce what they wrote.
"I want to use the English I learned to go aboard."
Wow! Nice dream! You can do it!

3-1 and 3-2's top two colors were green and blue.
3-3's top two colors were blue and yellow.
Here is the completed signboard:
Nice signboard!
Good job 3rd grade students!

5th grade students have started a new topic. They will study a mix of Let's Try!1 Unit 4 `I like blue.` and Hi,friends!1 Lesson 4 `I like apples.` They have already studied `Do you like~?` a little as 4th grade students so we will only study it briefly this year. Since this phrase is not new to the students we decided to teach them some new vocabulary as well, the names for seasons.

As always, we started class with a greeting game.
"Do you like blue?"
"Yes, I do!"

After that, we sang the song `Do you like broccoli icecream?` from Super Simple Songs. First, the students just listened to the song. Next, during the second playing, the students tried to sing along and do gestures, too.
"Do you like ice cream?"
"Yes, I do."

"Do you like broccoli?"
"Yes, I do."


"Do you like broccoli icecream?"
"No, I don't. Yucky!"

Next, we had `Teacher Talk`. Ms. Mayumi showed Ms. Emily some pictures.
"Last week 5th grade students boiled vegetables for cooking class."
"Oh, it looks delicious!"

"What vegetables did you eat?"
"Carrots, cabbage and broccoli."
"Do you like carrots?"
"Yes, I do!"
"Do you know 旬? It means the `best season` for vegetables. What is the best season for carrots?"
"Hmm...maybe winter?"
"That's right!"
"Do you like winter?"
"Yes, I do! I like snow!"

The teachers used vegeables to introduce the names of the different seasons.
"Watermelon is best in summer!"

Next, the teachers demonstrated a conversation to the students.
"Do you like autumn?"
"Yes, I do. I llike autumn."
"Why?"
"I like imonikai."

After practicing first with the person sitting next to them, the students stood up and interviewed many different classmates.
"Do you like summer?"
"No, I don't."
"Why?"
"I don't like hot weather."

Half-way through the activity the teachers picked some students to give a good demonstration.
Great reactions and gestures!

Next, everyone tried again keeping the good demonstration in mind.
Great reaction!

Finally we ended with another good demonstration from some students picked by the teachers.
Good gestures!

Everyone enjoyed learning the English for seasons. It was an interesting class!

This week in Tomilish Time we have continued studying adjectives. The 6th grade students also helped us to interview some of the teachers and student teachers.

First, after greetings, we reviewed what we studied last week. Ms. Keiko and Ms. Emily talked about what they ate at the weekend.
Ms. Emily ate sour reimen again. She really likes reimen.

Ms. Keiko ate spicy tteok-bokki.
She likes spicy Korean food.

We gave everyone one minute in their classrooms to think and talk about what the teachers said.
"Did you catch any English words?"

Next, some of the 6th grade students helped us to interview the teachers.
First was one of our students teachers, Ms. Hiroko.
"What's your favorite food?"
"Guess what?"
"Hint, please!"
"Soft and sweet."
"Do you like pancakes?"
"Yes, I do! I like pancakes!"

Next, our other student teacher, Ms. Taeko was interviewed by one of the 6th graders.
"What's your favorite food?"
"Guess what?"
"Hint, please!"
"Long and spicy. I like Taiwan."
"Do you like Taiwan yakisoba?"
"Yes, I do!"

Mr. Toda, who is new to our school this year, was also interviewed.
"What's your favorite food?"
"Guess what?"
"Hint, please!"
"Yellow, sour, round fruit."
"Do you like grapefruits?"
"Yes, I do !"

After listening to the interview, we practiced the adjectives that we had heard for the first time.
"Long! Long!"

Everyone practiced, too.
　"Long!"

Thank you everyone for helping with the interviews.
"See you! Have a nice day!"

6th grade students had their third lesson this year studying We Can!1 Unit 5 `She can run fast. He can jump high.` In this class they made `Who is he/she?` quizzes about their friends. They had started preparing the quizzes during the Upper Grades Tomilish Time. We used class this week for the students to finish preparing the quizzes and to start asking and answering quizzes with their friends.

We started class with some of the students giving a good demonstration for the greeting game. The students focused on asking `Can you~?` questions as well as trying to link their conversation naturally.
"Can you play soccer?"
"Yes, I can. I like soccer."
"What's your favorite soccer team?"

After watching the demonstration everyone else did their best to continue their conversations for as long as possible.
Nice gestures!

Good eye contact!

Boys and girls making pairs! Good job!

Nice smiles!

Good job everyone!
After the greeting game the teachers checked with different students about who they talked to and what that person said. We are trying to make students aware of the importance of paying attention and listening well when they are having a conversation.

Next, after doing the chant for this topic, we reviewed the different ways to describe someone's personality.
"Repeat after me!"

After reviewing the pronunciation for the words we also reviewed their meaning by asking the students which of their friends can be described in that way.
"In this class, who is friendly?"

"In this class, who is brave?"
The students who were picked by their classmates were happy!

Next, the students took some time to finish preparing their quizzes.
The students all did their best to make good quizzes.

Here are some examples of the quizzes that the students created:
"He can play Japanese chess."

"She can cook."

"He is interesting."

"He can run."

"She is cute."

After preparing their quizzes, the students gave their quizzes in pairs.
Everyone took care to listen to their friends 3 hints before trying to answer.

Next, the students got into groups and gave their quizzes to more people.
Clear voices!

Nice eye contact!

Finally, the teachers picked some students to give their quiz to the class.
"Oh, I know!"

In the next class the 3 classes will get together in order to give their quizzes to more people.