富沢小学校 Tomilishブログ

This week in Tomilish Time we mixed the grades. 1st and 6th grade, 2nd and 4th grade, and 3rd and 5th grade did Tomilish Time together.
Today we'll show you some pictures from 3rd and 5th grade.

First the students got into lines so they were paired with someone from a different grade. Everyone was a little nervous!
After practicing in pairs the students did a greeting game. The 5th grade students tried hard to lead the 3rd grade students.
We have to make eye contact and do gestures! The 5th grade students were good demonstrations of what to do.

"How are you?"
Great gestures!

"See you! Have a nice day!"
Beautiful smiles and nice eye contact!

Well done everyone!

This week class 6-2 had an English demonstration class. All the teachers in the school and some teachers from other schools came to watch too.

First the students sang and danced the alphabet song. Do you know what letter this is?
It's Z!

Ms. Emily and Ms. Keiko gave a demonstration of the activity.
"Do you have `a`?" "No, I don't. Sorry."

The classroom was full of shops. The shop signs had missing letters. The students had to ask their friends for letters to fix the signs.
Do you recognise these shops?

Everyone had to keep their card a secret.
Don't show!!

Ms. Keiko picked some students to give a good demonstration. Let's watch!
Nice eye contact!

Everyone continued the activity while thinking about the good demonstration.
Great smiles!

You found a letter! Let's stick it on the sign with velcro (magic tape).
Good job!

After almost all the letters were found everyone went back to their seats. Students who still had their cards came to the front and everyone asked them together.
"Do you have `r`?" "Yes, I do!"

It was a fun activity. Everyone realised how many Japanese shops have English signs. It was surprising!

This week Tomilish Time was not a broadcast. We had 学年 Tomilish Time. Some grades gathered together as a grade and other grades mixed classes.
Every did a greeting game but the homeroom teachers adapted the difficulty to the level of the students.

6th grade students all gathered in one room. They had to find people who like the same color as them and make a group.
Do you like purple? Yes, I do!

5th grade students also all gathered together. The teachers picked some students to give a good demonstration to everyone.
"How are you?" Great gestures!

In 4th grade, different classes did different things. This class made two circles. Once they had finished greeting, the outside circle moved round to the next person.
Everyone can easily talk to many people. Nice job!

3rd grade students asked each other "How are you?".
Good eye contact!

2nd grade students used character cards to play a fun greeting game.
My name is Mickey! I'm happy.
The homeroom teachers also had fun. Nice smiles!

1st grade students also did their best to greet each other. They are learning to say "Hello!".
Great gestures!

Today for 5th and 6th Grade Tomilish Time the students practiced a jingle from Hi, friends! Plus.

6th grade students studied the animal jingle and 5th grade students studied countries.
B , buh, buh, bear! The students can practice the pronunciation of `B` and other letters in the alphabet.

6th grade homeroom teachers had a great idea to make students interested in the jingle. Everyone became cool rappers.
B , buh, buh, bear! It looks like fun!

Even the teachers became cool!
Nice rhythm!

Everyone enjoyed the jingle very much!

5th grade students continued this week in their project to create class flags for sports day.

After doing the chants, we played a game making shapes with our bodies.
The students got into groups of 5 or 6. Then they asked Ms. Emily, "What shape do you like?". They had to make the shape Ms. Emily said. These two groups are making circles.

Do you know what shape this is?
It's a star! Can you see it?

After playing the game we interviewed our classmates to find out the most popular colors and shapes in the class. We used a worksheet to record our answers.
"Here you are!"

"What shape do you like?"
"I like stars!". Nice eye contact!

Halfway through the activity the teachers picked some students to give a good demonstration. "Let's watch!"
Great smile!

Then the students continued with the activity trying to copy the good points about the demonstration.
Nice eye contact and smiles!

After the interviews the teachers collected the results.
Who has 'orange' as their number one color? Raise your hand.

Let's count.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5....

We used the results to discover the top 3 colors and shapes.
The students will use these to design their class flag.

Everyone is looking forward to seeing what kind of flags the students design!

5th grade students are going to create class flags for Sports Day at the end of May. In order to do this, they are going to interview their classmates about their favorite colors and shapes in English class. We are going to study Lesson 5 now so that we can make the flags in time for Sports Day.

Last year the students studied 'What do you like?' and colors so it is not difficult for them to learn 'What color do you like?' as well as the names for shapes. This week we played two games in class.

The first game we played is the chain game. The students make groups and decide their order.
Then they ask the first person "What color do you like?".
"I like yellow."

The next person has to remember what they said and say two colors.
"I like yellow and blue."
This continues until all students in the group have finished.
What color do you like?

Next we did the same game using shapes.
What shape do you like?

Then we played the ladder and snake game.
The students played rock, paper, scissors to decide their order.

During the game everyone asks the question "What color do you like?" together.
Nice gestures! The person who rolled the dice answers with the color they landed on.

Next week we will start interview practice. Everyone is looking forward to designing the class flags. I wonder what colors and shapes will be popular!

6th grade students have been studying both upper case (big) and lower case (small) letters. This week we played an alphabet message game.

First we all sang and danced the alphabet song.
Dancing makes it more interesting to sing!

Then, the students watched a demonstration.
The teachers showed on student some big letters (TV).

Next the student had to trace those letters on their friends back in order to pass the message.
You have to picture the letter in your head.

The last person in the line has to pick out the letters from a table.
Oh no! All these letters are lower case letters! This makes it more challenging!!

Let's start!
Some students use there finger to draw on their hand. It helps them to picture the letter.
Hmmm....I'm not sure. One more time please!

Next let's pick the letters.
We have to think hard.

It was a very fun game! We want to play it again next time!

During this week's whole school Tomilish Time we practiced greetings again.

First Ms. Emily, Ms. Keiko and Ms. Kato refreshed our memories with a demonstration.
Good morning! How are you? I'm thirsty!

Next the students played a greeting game in their classes. Each homeroom teacher tried to make the game interesting!
5th grade students are having fun!

6th grade students are great at greeting.
Nice smiles!

6th grade students greeted each other in the corridor.
It was a fun twist on the activity.

The homeroom teachers always have great ideas to improve the activities so it is interesting for everyone!

This week 5th and 6th grade students have been studying the alphabet in Tomilish Time.

Students finished writing their name tags.


After they had finished each class practiced writing the alphabet. Some students made the letters with their bodies. What letter is this?
It's w!

Students practiced tracing strokes to make the letters with their fingers.
1, 2, 3!

We like finding different fun ways to study the alphabet.

There is one big event at the end of May for our school. Do you know what it is? It's Sports Day (運動会)! This month the Display Committee (掲示委員会) have made posters on the theme of Sports Day.

This is the display that is in the entrance of the school.
The pictures are all from Ms. Emily's (our ALT) elementary school Sports Day in Scotland.

The students were most surprised that there are no opening or closing ceremonies at a Sports Day in Scotland.
In the picture on the right you can see one of the events 'standing long jump'. The older students are helping to write down the scores.


Another event is the '3-legged-race'. We have this even in Japan, too!
The students are split into 3 teams (red, white and blue). They don't compete as a class. Ms. Emily was in the blue team.

Do you know this event? It's called the 'potato sack race'. You have to get into a big sack and jump to the finish. It is so fun! Everyone wants to try it!
Sports Day takes place on a weekday so many parents are working. Some parents still come to watch.

Two more events are the 'egg and spoon race' and the 'tug-of-war'. We do the 'tug-of-war' in Japan, too!
All the events are held on the grass soccer field. This is very different to Tomizawa Elementary School. There is no sand!

Some of the students made their poster into a quiz! Nice job!


We hope everyone will enjoy learning about Sports Day in another country!