kodomo No Ie
1: Class I
2: Class II
3: Class III
4: JFL morning class
5: JFL Afternoon Class
6: A-1
7: A-2
8: A-3
9: A-4

February Theme: Setsubun

Class I

Goals:

- To be able to hold a pencil with a right posture, and be able to write letters with the strong pencil pressure.
- To be able to read letters which were already learned.

Class Activities:

- To remember the lyrics of the song for the class performance day, in order to sing the song with confidence and enjoy it.
- To get familiar with reading Hiragana letters by using Hiragana cards including learned ones.

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- To gather words starting with letter HA, HI, HU, HE, HO and to learn right stroke orders of these letters and how to write them neatly

Instructor: Ozeki

Class II

Goals:

- To be able to enjoy Mamemaki event of Setsubun with friends.
- To get familiar and utilize the words which describe situations
- To be able to read Katakana letters which were already learned.

Class Activities:

- To enjoy Setsubun through making a demon mask and Sanbou, and to participate in Mamemaki event utilizing own loud voice.
- To study adjectives by using opposite-word cards.

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Ookii, Chiisai, Takai, Hikui, Omoi, Karui, Hosoi, Futoi, Hayai, Osoi, Nagai, Mijikai , etc.

Instructor: Takakura

Class III

Goals:

- To be familiar with Setsubun event through a variety of activities related to Setsubun
- To continue practices for Katakana letters
- To make a brief sentence

Class Activities:

- Craft of demon’s mask for Setsubun
- Craft of Sanbou, using Origami paper
- To listen to the history of Setsubun
- To enjoy Mamemaki event

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Setsubun, Mamemaki, oni, kiba, tsuno, mayu, me, kuchi, Yama-ori, Tani-ori
- XX wa YY desu.
- XX wa YY o shimashita.

JFL morning class

Goals:

- To be able to talk about a certain topic
- To be able to make a presentation

Class Activities:

- To recognize what I want to say (what I can say), and what I cannot say
- To practice repeatedly till being able to utter fluently

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- To repeat practices for the class performance day in March.
- To get familiar with the natural speed in conversations.

Instructor: Flores



JFL Afternoon Class

Goals:

- To be able to say time and daily routines
- To be able to sing a Japanese song
- To be able to read and write Katakana letters from A line through Ta line.

Class Activities:

- Practices through games and roll-playing
- Practices of a Japanese song for the class performance day.

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Okimasu, ha o migakimasu, huku o kimasu, 7ji 15hun, 9jihan etc.

Instructor: Flores

A-1

Goals:

- To know the history of Mamemaki for Setsubun
- To be able to imagine the order of the story and the characters’ feeling based on conjunctions.
- To be able to read simple sentences
- To be able to write simple sentences
- To be able to make sentences

Class Activities:

- To listen to the story of Setsubun
- To make Sanbou
- To make sentences utilizing “subject” wording cards and “predicate” wording cards
- To use learned Kanji and words in sentences
- To share own sentences with classmates in class

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Watashi wa XX desu. Boku wa XX desu.
- Watashi wa XX deshita. Boku wa XX shimashita.

Instructor: Yamada

A-2

Goals:

- To know the history of Mamemaki for Setsubun
- To be able to imagine the order of the story and the characters’ feeling based on conjunctions.
- To be familiar with words utilized in diagrams
- To be able to say lines with clear pronunciation

Class Activities:

- To listen to the story of Setsubun
- To make Sanbou and a demon mask for Setsubun utilizing papers
- To practice a play for the class performance day in March (practices to pronounce lines clearly, being aware of the shape of mouth.)

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Conjunctions such as mazu, tsugi ni, Saigoni, etc,
- Setsubun, mamemaki, oni wa soto, hukuwa uchi, etc.

Instructor: Ota

A-3

Goals:

- To be familiar with and gain an understanding of Setsubun event.
- To gain n understanding of food culture, by imagining the reasons and histories.
- To be able to prepare for the class performance day by collaborating in groups

Class Activities:

- To make Sanbou and participate in Mamemaki event at KNI
- To understand the history and meaning of Setsubun.
- To think about food culture utilizing pictures in Hungry Planet
- Preparation for the class performance day in March

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Syokuseikatsu, dentouteki, ryouri, tosiotoko, mamemaki, oni, huku etc.
- Niteiru tokoro wa XX desu.
- Chigau tokoro wa XX desu.

A-4

Goals:

- To gain an understanding of Japanese traditional events
- To make sure to know and use right basic grammatical forms
- To be able to think “what we can do for what” toward the class performance day, and perform it.

Class Activities:

- To write sentences to tell the history of Setsubun to someone.
- To write messages to Shishiori Elementary School in Miyagi prefecture

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Messeiji, sukejyuuru, denwa-bangou, touzainanboku etc.
- XX wa YY ni yurai shimasu.
- XX de YY o tsukurimasyou. Etc.

Instructor: Sakamoto



Backnumber

[ 2017/02 ] [ 2017/01 ] [ 2016/12 ] [ 2016/11 ]
[ 2016/10 ] [ 2016/04 ] [ 2016/03 ] [ 2016/02 ]
[ 2016/01 ] [ 2015/12 ] [ 2015/11 ] [ 2015/10 ]
[ 2015/09 ] [ 2015/06 ] [ 2015/05 ] [ 2015/04 ]
[ 2015/03 ] [ 2015/02 ] [ 2015/01 ] [ 2014/12 ]
[ 2014/11 ] [ 2014/10 ] [ 2014/09 ] [ 2014/06 ]
[ 2014/05 ] [ 2014/04 ] [ 2014/03 ] [ 2014/02 ]
[ 2014/01 ] [ 2013/12 ] [ 2013/11 ] [ 2013/10 ]
[ 2013/09 ] [ 2013/06 ] [ 2013/05 ] [ 2013/04 ]
[ 2013/03 ] [ 2013/02 ] [ 2013/01 ] [ 2012/12 ]
[ 2012/05 ] [ 2012/04 ] [ 2012/03 ] [ 2012/02 ]
[ 2012/01 ] [ 2011/12 ] [ 2011/11 ] [ 2011/10 ]
[ 2011/06 ] [ 2011/05 ] [ 2011/04 ] [ 2011/03 ]
[ 2011/02 ] [ 2011/01 ] [ 2010/12 ] [ 2010/11 ]
[ 2010/10 ] [ 2010/06 ] [ 2010/05 ] [ 2010/04 ]
[ 2010/03 ] [ 2010/02 ] [ 2010/01 ] [ 2009/12 ]
[ 2009/11 ] [ 2009/10 ] [ 2009/09 ] [ 2009/06 ]
[ 2009/05 ] [ 2009/04 ] [ 2009/03 ] [ 2009/02 ]
[ 2009/01 ] [ 2008/12 ] [ 2008/11 ] [ 2008/10 ]
[ 2008/09 ] [ 2008/06 ] [ 201/50 ]