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Class 4-2 have finished their last English class for this year. In the last class they used cards to introduce the things they like. Here is a great card one of the students made.



First the teachers gave a demonstration. After Ms. Emily introduced the things she liked, Mr. Ota and some of the students asked her some questions. Do you like tigers? Do you like black?



Then the students presented to each other and asked questions in groups.







The students all did their best. They used a lot of English!

Class 4-3 had their second English class. We learnt* the English names for many fruits and colors. Ms. Emily introduced them with a 3 hint quiz. Everyone tried very hard to guess the answer.

* learnt (British English) = learned (American English)





Next, we played the keyword game for the first time.



We repeated the words Ms. Emily said.



When she said the keyword we had to grab the eraser.



It was great fun! We enjoyed the keyword game so much!

5th Grade students have just finished studying shapes and colors. They interviewed their classmates to find out the most popular colors and shapes in their class.



Then they designed t-shirts using those colors and shapes and they asked their classmates in groups to pick their favorite t-shirt.



The most popular t-shirt in each class was made into a t-shirt for our school English mascot, Anejiro.



Class 5-1's most popular design



Class 5-2's most popular design



Class 5-3's most popular design

All the students worked really hard and designed some great t-shirts. What t-shirt do you like?

Last Tuesday and Saturday we performed our school play (学芸会). On Tuesday we performed for the other students and on Saturday our families came to watch. Each grade did a different performance. This year the audience noticed something different. There was a lot of English!

In the opening address(開式の言葉) students from each year introduced their performances.



Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Tomizawa Elementary School!

The students used English that we have been learning in class to tell the audience what to do: Let's watch! Let's Listen!



The students also praised the other introductions: Sounds good! How wonderful! Enjoy the show!

Another performance with a lot of English was the 5th graders' skit.



They perfomed Snow White.



The stage was split into two and they performed in Japanese and English at the same time so everyone could understand the story.



It as a great performance. Everyone laughed a lot! The mirrors were very funny!



At the end of the performance they sang `We are the World` in English!
It was beautiful!

Well done to everyone who performed!

2nd grade students have been studying English hard. Today, class 1 had their last English class for this topic. It looked like so much fun!



First the students did silent greetings. They had to greet each other without saying anything! Smiling and making eye contact is very important when you do silent greeting.



Then the students did English greeting. It was great to be able to speak again! They happily greeted their friends.



Next, everyone chanted together. The chant has lots of gestures so it was a lot of fun!



All the students picked a colored plate and then they made pairs. They had to ask their friends about different pizza toppings.



Do you like tomatoes? Do you like cheese? Do you like green peppers? Then, they made a special pizza for their friend.



The pizzas looked delicious. Well done everyone!

The 6th grade students have been studying how to ask and give directions. Today we had our last class for this topic. Ms. Goto prepared some great props and turned one of the classrooms into a town!



First we did a greeting game and practiced some English we learned last year. We asked everyone "What color do you like?". It was good practice to remember 5th grade English too.



After that we took turns to be taxi drivers and customers. The taxi drivers didn't know the way, so the customers had to give them directions.



We got to use a lot of English and practice both giving and asking for directions. It was a very fun class!



Hopefully we can use this English in the future!

Recently 4th grade have started English class for the first time. It's the first time for us to meet Ms. Emily.



We learned how to greet each other in English. We compared greeting in English and Japanese. In English, we ask "How are you?".



"I'm happy!" said Ms. Emily. We learned how to say many different feelings! Then we greeted each other.



Everyone tried to make eye contact and smile. All the students did a great job!

After that Ms. Emily told us about her country, Scotland. We did a true or false quiz. She told us many surprising things!



It was very interesting and we had a great first English class!

At morning recess we can visit the 1st floor English room. We do different activities on different days so there is always something interesting to do.



On Mondays and Thursdays we have reading time. Ms. Emily will read English books to us and some of us will look at English picture books by ourselves.



The English room has so many books that there is always a new book to read!The books have nice pictures, too. Currently the student's favourite book is 'Color Surprise'. Ms. Emily gives us hints about what animal is behind the flap. We raise our hands to guess the answer!



Reading time in the English room is fun!