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5th grade students had their third class studying Hi,friends!1 Lesson 5 `What do you like?`. In this class they designed t-shirts for their friends after asking about the shapes and colors that they like.

We started class with our usual greeting game.
The homeroom teacher and one student gave a demonstration of what to do.

Next everyone used the English they knew to ask questions. We told them students that we would ask them who they talked to and what they said after the game so they did their best to remember what everyone said.
"Hello!"

"What's your favorite subject?"
"Guess what?"
"Hmmm...let me think..."

"What fruits do you like?"
"I like strawberries."

"What sports do you like?"
"I like basketball!"
"Me, too!"

After the greeting game we did the chants and then confirmed the goal for the class.
Everyone was excited to design their t-shirts.

After watching a demonstration by the teachers it was time for everyone else to try.
The most important thing that everyone kept in mind from the teachers demonstration was to keep eye contact.

"What shapes do you like?"
"I like hearts and stars."
Great eye contact!

After both people had finished talking about what shapes and colors they like then the students could take notes.
The students tried not to used any Japanese.

They used their crayons to note the colors.
They drew pictures to note the shapes.

Next, it was time to design the t-shirts. Everyone tried hard to make a t-shirt that their partner would like.
Nice colors!

Great design!

In the next class then all the of students will present their designs. We had some students who had finished early to present their design at the end of this class.
Everyone asked together "What colors do you like?", "What shapes do you like?" and they checked the t-shirt to see that it matched the persons tastes. Lastly the designer said a few sentences in Japanese about what they thought about when designing the t-shirt.

Good job everyone! We are looking forward to seeing all your designs in the next class!

5th grade students had their second class studying Hi,friends!1 Lesson 5 `What do you like?`. In this class they continued studying about shapes.

After greetings, we started class with a demonstration of our greeting game. We noticed that many 5th grade students have been answering the questions "What ~ do you like?" with the phrase "It's ~." so we used a demonstration with the homeroom teacher using the correct phrase, "I like ~.", to emphasis this.
"Mr. Kaiwa, what sports do you like?"
"I like basketball!"

Before the greeting game the teachers make sure to tell the students that they must speak to a certain number of boys and girls. Everyone did their best to speak to many different people.
"What food do you like?"

"What color do you like?"

After the greeting game the teachers picked some students and asked them who they talked to as well as what they said. If the students know they will be asked about who they talked to they try hard to remember what their friends say.
"She said she likes sky blue."

Next, Ms. Emily reviewed the pronunciation for shapes in English.
The word `rectangle` is the most difficult for everyone.

Then, we did the chant. We used the karaoke version and practiced splitting the chant in two so one group asked the question "What shape do you like?" and the other group answered.
Here the teachers are listening to the students ask "What shape do you like?"

After practicing as a class the students also did the chant in pairs.
The students could answer with their favorite shapes.

Finally we played the `Collect 5` game. Students tried to collect 5 cards with the same shape by playing janken with their friends. The winner could talk about the shape they liked and receive that shape's card.
"What shape do you like?"

We stopped the activity half-way through and got some students to give a good demonstration.
"When he didn't have the card she wanted he said `Sorry!`. That's great!"

Next, everyone kept the good points of the demonstration in mind while they continued with the activity.
Everyone had a lot of fun!
Good job 5th grade students!

This week 5th grade students have started to studying Hi,friends!1 Lesson 5 `What do you like?`. They used this first class to interview their classmates about their favorite shape in order to add it to their class flags for sports day.

After our usual greetings we did a greeting game.
The homeroom teacher and one of the students did a demonstration for everyone to see. 5th grade students are focusing on using the English they know as well as talking to many different people.

After watching the demonstration it was time to greet.
Good eye contact!

Nice smiles!

Next, we did the chant. This time we are using the chant from Let's Try!1 Unit 5 `What do you like?`.
We listen at first and then tried to do the chant using gestures.

After the chant we listened to the teachers talking. They asked each other the question "What shape do you like?".
"I like hearts. Look! I have a heart stamp!"
The students guessed that today's topic was `shapes`.

Next, we practiced the pronunciation of shapes in English with Ms. Emily.
Words that have similar Japanese pronunciations such as `diamond` were a little difficult.

Then, we practiced asking the teachers "What shape do you like?". This allows the students to practice asking the question because they can ask the question with many people. After asking the teachers, we then asked some of the students.
"What shape do you like?"
"I like crosses."

After practicing as a class we then practiced more in groups by playing a memory game. Everyone in the group would ask one person "What shape do you like?". They had to answer with the shape they like as well as remember what the previous people had said.
Asking questions with other people is a great confidence builder!

Next, we revealed the main goal for the class.
"We want to add some shapes to your class flags for sports day. Let's interview your classmates to find the most popular shape for this class."

Before starting the interview the teachers showed the students a demonstration.
Ms. Emily also taught everyone how to tally numbers in Scotland.

"Let's interview!"
"What shape do you like?"
"I like stars."

Everyone worked very hard to wait until after both they and their partner had finished speaking in order to write down their results. That way they could make good eye contact.
Good job!

Nice smile!

Lastly, everyone tallied up their results.
The teachers asked everyone to raise their hands to find out the number one shape.

"What was your number one shape?"
"Stars?"
"Wow! Almost everyone found that stars was the most popular shape!"

We are all looking forward to seeing the finished flags at sports day!

Recently 5th grade students have been studying We Can!1 Unit 1 `Hello, everyone`. They have been using the English they have studied so far as 3rd and 4th grade students to make self-introductions.

We started class with our greeting game as usual. Ms. Emily and a student volunteer showed a demonstration to everyone.
"For your birthday present, what do you want?"
We always do a greeting game in order to review the English that the students have studied so far. It helps everyone to remember!

After watching the demonstration it was the students turn to try. They could use all the English they have studied so far.
"How are you?"
"I'm good!"

Many of the students used the English that we have been studying recently.
"What do you want for your birthday?"
"I want money!"

After the greeting game, Ms. Mayumi talked about how she has to do a self-introduction in English during her next business trip. Ms. Emily watched her self-introduction and gave advice to make eye contact and use a clear voice. The students also helped to give ideas about what to say.
"You could talk about what you like! You can say that you like natto!"
"Oh! Nice idea!"

Next, everyone checked the goal for the class.
"Let's make self-introductions using the English that we know!"

The students got into pairs and introduced themselves to each other.
"I like swimming. I want a new pencil case."

We decided to do this before the students took any notes so that they wouldn't have any paper to look at. This means the students could make eye contact easily.
Great eye contact! Nice smiles!

The teachers picked some students to do a good demonstration to everyone.
"3, 2, 1, Action!"

The students who demonstrated had very clear voices. It was easy for everyone to understand.
Also they used all the English that they have studied so far. Good job!

After doing their demonstrations in pairs, the students tried writing about the things they like.
The goal of elementary school English is not to write words but instead to copy them.

The back of the We Can!1 textbook has a big words list that the students used to copy.
"Look! This is how you write `blue`!"

If the word that the students wanted to copy didn't appear in the words list then they could ask any of the teachers how to spell the word. The teachers then wrote the word on the blackboard for the students to copy.
The students were all very interested in writing the words for the things they like.

Everyone tried hard to copy the words carefully.
The students are used to talking and listening a lot in English class but we don't do much writing so this was a very fun change for the students. Everyone really enjoyed it!

Lastly, the students who had finished writing first practiced doing their self-introductions. The teachers asked some of the students to give a good demonstration to the class.
You can see on the blackboard all the words that the students in the class wanted to copy. There are so many words!

Everyone will give their self-introductions while showing the words they wrote in the next class. Good luck everyone!

5th grade students have continued studying We Can!1 Unit 1 `Hello, everyone`. In the last class they studied the phrase "What ~ do you like?" and this class they will focus on the phrase "What do you want?". The students studied this phrase when they were in 3rd grade so they are already a little familiar with it.

We started class with a greeting game. This time the homeroom teacher and one student gave a demonstration. They used all the questions we learned in the last class.
"What colors do you like?"
"I like navy and black."

Everyone tried to use the English they have learned so far.
Nice gestures!

After that, we did the alphabet song. The teachers picked some students to come to the front.
Clear voices! Good job!

Next, Ms. Emily and Ms. Mayumi talked together. The students listened carefully and tried to pick out the words they understood.
"My birthday is soon. It's May 2nd."
"Oh! I will give you a present. What do you want?"
"I want yellow flowers."

After, confirming with the students what they understood, we talked about the goal for today's class.
"Let's read together!"

The students practiced the phrases with Ms. Emily before getting into pairs to ask each other what they want for their birthdays.
"I want an mp3 player."

We took some time to check how to say some words in English before the students walked freely around the room to find out what their friends want for their birthdays.
"What do you want?"

All three classes of students worked hard on actively aproaching their classmates to talk as well as talking to many different people.
Everyone did their best!

Everyone tried hard to 'catch' their chances to talk to people.


The students all felt happy when their classmates called to them.
"See you!"
Great job 6th grade students! The teachers could see a good change in you even during this class. Nice!

5th grade students had their first class studying We Can!1 Unit 1 `Hello, everyone`. It was also the first time for the students to have class in the English room this year. Everyone was a little nervous and excited to see what we would be studying.

We started class with our usual greetings. Our first greeting game was the silent greeting game. Students had to greet each other and ask each other "How are you?" without actually saying anything.
Nice 'Hello' gesture!

Good 'How are you?' gesture!

Through this activity the students realised the importance of eye contact and gestures in communicating with others. Everyone had to use this knowledge in our normal greeting game. Everyone was happy to be able to talk again!
"Hello! How are you?"
Nice smile!

"What's your favorite kyushoku?"
"It's natto."
"I see."

"See you!"
Good eye contact!

After the greeting games we sang and danced the alphabet song. This time the students took turns in pairs to either sing or dance.
Everyone is getting good at the dance. Now we want to improve our singing too.

Now that everyone had warmed up their bodies and minds it was time for a listening activity. We did Listen 1 on p.4 of We Can!1.
The students had to listen to the characters talk about what they like and dislike and draw a line to the correct picture.

We focused on picking out key words in order to complete the activity rather than trying to understand everything.
Everyone listened very carefully.

Next, we checked the goal for the class.
The students had to ask their teacher or their friends about what they like. The students studied the question "Do you like~?" last year so this was a little familar to them.

Next, we did the Let's Play 1 activity on p.4. The students had to guess their teachers likes and then ask them as a group.
Everyone repeated the question after Ms. Emily.

After some more practice we did the Let's Play 2 activity on the same page. The students had to ask their friends the same questions.
"What sports do you like?"
"I like baseball."

The students worked together in pairs.
It was hard to make eye contact and not look at the textbook but the students did their best.

After asking the questions in pairs, we decided to research the most popular color in the class. Everyone walked around the room and tried to ask as many people as possible the question "What colors do you like?".
Great eye contact and smiles!

All three classes either had blue or black as the most popular colors.
Yellow was very close too!

Lastly the students gave their reflections on the class.
"It was really interesting to learn about what my classmates like. It was also fun to think about what I like. I think I learned more about myself!"

Great job everyone! We have another English class this week on Friday. Let's do our best then, too!

5th grade students had their first English class of the year. We used the first class as an orientation. The students learned about what they will study this year as well as why we study English. They also prepared materials for class as well as doing some fun English activities, too.

We started class by doing a greeting game in pairs. The students tried to see how long they could hold a conversation using only English.
"How are you?"

"Do you like blue?"

"What's your favorite animal?"

The teachers picked some students to give a good demonstration.
Great eye contact! Nice smiles!

Next, Ms. Mayumi talked about why we study English and what everyone will study this year.
Even if the students never leave Japan, they will probably find speaking English useful in the future as the country becomes more and more global.

After, listening to the serious talk it was time to relax a little!
We did the alphabet chant and danced. It was the first time for the 5th grade students to do this chant.

After watching the chant, everyone did the dance and chanted together.
Some students came to the front of the class to dance and get everyone excited for the activity.

Everyone did their best to chant and dance!
It was a fun activity!

Lastly, we prepared our English files. First the teachers talked about the difference between romaji and English.
Mr. Ouchi's name is written Oouti in romanji but if you read the romaji in English it sounds very funny! Everyone laughed!

The two letters `oo` make a different sound in English so we have to use only one `o`.
Everyone was interested to see if their name was written differently or not.

The students made namecards too that they will use in English class.
Orientation was a relaxing way to start English class for the year. Let's do our best in English class this year, too!

5th grade students had their fifth and last class on the topic `Who is your hero?`. In this topic they are studying how to introduce someone who they admire while using the phrase `He/She is good at ~`. This class was also their last English class for this school year.

We started class with a greeting game. This time we used the question "What is your favorite food?". The teachers demonstrated first.
"Hint, please!"
"Fish and rice."
"Sushi?"
"Yes, that's right!"

Next, it was the students turn. They always enjoy giving quizzes to their friends.
"What's your favorite food?"
"Guess what?"

"Hint, please!"
"Tomatoes and onions."

"Salad?"
"No! It's not."
"Hint, please!"

"Cheese. Circle."
"Pizza?"

"Yes, that's right!"
"Yeay! I guessed right!!"

After the greeting game we asked the students to tell us who had difficult or interesting quizzes. Those students gave their quizzes to everyone.
"Black and white. You put on food."
"Salt and pepper?"
"Yes! That's right!"

Next, we did the chant. The students tried hard to sing along and do the gestures.
"This is my hero. He is Kosei. He can run fast."

Students even tried to do the karaoke version without the teacher's help.
The chant is difficult and fast but they could do it by themselves! Good job!

After the chant, Ms. Keiko got one of the students to help to demonstrate the next activity. In the last class the students had introduced their heroes in pairs and in groups. In this class they walked around the classroom freely introducing their hero to many people.
"This is my hero. He is Roger Federer. He is good at playing tennis."
"That's great!"

The students did their best to introduce their heroes in English.
They tried to use the phrases `He/She can~.` and `He/She is good at~.` when they were talking.

It was very interesting to hear about everyones' heroes.
Nice smile!

Great eye contact!

The teachers got some students to give a good demonstration.
She used the phrases we have studied very well. Good job!

Next, we played a boardgame that reviewed all the English the 5th graders studied this year.
It had questions about each other the topics that the students had studied.

The students enjoyed it very much!

It was a fun way to finish English class for the year.

It had many questions such as doing janken in English with their friends or asking English questions to their teachers.

The students did their best and were surprised about how much English they could speak. It gave them confidence that they have learned a lot this year!

Finally the students wrote a feedback card reflecting on English class this year.
Many students wrote that their feelings for English changed throughout the year and now they find it interesting to talk to their friends in English.

The teachers had some students announce what they wrote.
"We could ask our friends questions that we don't usually talk about in Japanese and learn many new things about them. It was a great chance to know our friends better."

At the end of the class the students received a ticket to move up to 6th Grade English.

Good job 5th grade students! You worked so hard in English class this year! Let's have fun and do our best in English class next year, too!

Today 5th grade students had their fourth class on the topic `Who is your hero?`. In this topic they are studying how to introduce someone who they admire while using the phrase `He/She is good at ~`.

We started class with our usual greetings and greeting game. The teachers did a demonstration. Today we used the question "What is your favorite anime character?". The students helped the teachers to guess the answers.
Do you know who Ms. Emily's favorite anime character is?
She has a yellow face and a green cape.
Do you know her?
.
.
.
Her name is Melon-panna chan!

The students asked each other about their favorite anime character. It was a very interesting topic for the students.
"What is your favorite anime character?"

"Guess what?"
"Hint, please!"

"It's black. It's a mouse."
"It's Mickey?"
"That's right!!"

After the greeting game we did the chant. In the first class everyone thought it was very very fast and impossible. However, now it's the fourth class the students are singing along with the chant and doing gestures, too! Practice makes perfect!
Nice gestures!

Everyone tried to make funny and interesting gestures. It makes doing the chants more fun!
Good job!

Next, the teachers demonstrated today's activity. Everyone will introduce their hero.
"This is my hero. He is Yuta Tabuse. He is short but he can jump high. He is good at playing basketball."

After watching the demonstration the students had a short time to prepare. If they had any questions about how to say anything in English then they asked the teachers. After preparing it was time to practice in pairs.
"Who is your hero?"

"This is my hero. She is a kindergarten teacher."

The students took turns to introduce their heros in pairs. The teachers helped too with any difficult English.

After practing the pairs the students got into groups and introduced their heros.
It was very interesting to learn about all the different heroes.

Everyone tried hard to listen when people were introducing their hero.


The teachers picked one group to give a good demonstration.
"Look! Everyone in this group is watching and listening carefully to the presentation. It makes the person who is presenting feel good. Let's all do that!"

Finally the students wrote about their reflections of the class.
"It was interesting to hear about my friend's hero. I felt happy that my friends listened to my presentation."

The teachers asked some of the students to tell everyone what they wrote.
"I noticed everyone had different heroes and I thought that was great."

Good job everyone!

Today 5th grade students had their third class on the topic `Who is your hero?`. In this topic they are studying how to introduce someone who they admire while using the phrase `He/She is good at ~`.

Today we started class with our usual greetings. Then we had a greeting game. Recently we have been practicing the phrase "What is your favorite~?" that we studied in Tomilish Time. Today we used the phrase "What is your favorite sweets?".
"Guess what?"

"Hmmm...cheesecake?"
"That's right!! You guessed on the first try! Wow!"

"Hint, please!"
"White, brown and round."
"Hmmmm...."

Next, after doing the chant, Ms. Emily introduced one of her heroes to us.
"This is my hero. He is Ewan McGregor. He is a movie actor. He acted in Star Wars. He is good at riding a motorcycle. He travelled around the world to collect money for UNICEF. He is so cool."

Next, the teachers gave a "Who is he/she?" quiz about teachers in the school.
"She is good at sewing. Who is she?"

"I know! I know!"

After the quiz we asked the students what was different about the English we used. "This week you used `he` or `she`".
"That's right!"
Then, we practiced describing what people can do using the phrase "He/She is good at~."
This will help the students to describe their hero in the next class.

Next, the students asked each other questions about what they are good at in order to make quizzes. They had done this activity during Tomilish Time but they wanted more information in order to make better quizzes.
Good gestures!

Nice eye contact!

Lastly, the students used the information they had collected about their friends in order to give "Who is he/she?" quizzes in groups.
"He is good at playing soccer. Who is he?"

"I know!"

"That's right!!"

Good job everyone! In the next class the students will use the English they have studied so far in order to make presentations about their own heroes. Everyone is looking forward to hearing who they introduce.