kodomo No Ie

Saturday Japanese School May Newsletter

1: JFL (Morning)
2: Class I
3: Class II
4: Class III
5: JFL (Afternoon)
6: A-I
7: A-II
8: A-III
9: A-IV

May Theme: Kodomo no Hi-Children’s day

JFL (Morning)

Goals:

- To be able to give advice in Japanese
- To be able to tell own opinions and thoughts

Class activities:

- To exchange opinions through presentations
- To keep diary in Japanese to increase Japanese vocabularies

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Bekida, hoo ga yoi, beki de wa nai, nai hoo ga yoi, to omou etc.

Instructor: Flores

Class I

Goals:

- To be able to write own name neatly
- To gain deeper understanding of Kodomo no hi by attending its event
- To be able to enjoy making a present for mother’s day
- To be able to participate in practices for Sports day in an active manner

Class activities:

- Origami craft of Koinobori, and newspaper craft of Kabuto.
- To make a card for mother’s day
- A card game of Hiragana letters

Grammar and vocabularies:

- To gather words starting with letter RA, RI , RU, RE, and RO and to learn right stroke orders of these letters and how to write them neatly

Instructor: Ozeki

Class II

Goals:

- To get to know the history of Kodomo no hi and enjoy the day
- To be able to enjoy mother’s day and Sports day
- To be able to read and write words related to these events

Class activities:

- Origami craft of Koinobori, and newspaper craft of Kabuto
- To make a card for Mother’s day

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Koinobori, kabuto, hukinagashi, magoi, higoi, okaasan, XXe, YY yori etc.

Instructor: Takakura

Class III

Goals:

- To be interested in and participate in activities related to Kodomo no hi
- To think about how much we love our mothers

Class activities:

- Origamicraft of Koinobori, and newspaper craft of Kabuto
- To make a card for Mother’s day
- Picture diary

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Words related to Kodomo no hi.
- Words related to Mother’s day
- XX wa YY de ZZ o shimashita.

Instructor: Umehata

JFL (Afternoon)

Goals:

- To be able to words related to time
- To be able to invite
- To be able to tell what we did

Class activities:

- To learn Japanese language through games and textbooks
- To learn Japanese language through culture

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Mashou.
- Mashita.
- Xxji ni masu/masyou/mashita. Etc.

Instructor: Flores

A-I

Goals:

- To learn about “Kodomo no hi”.
- To speak clearly and to listen carefully

Class activities:

- To sing the song of “Koinobori”
- Origami craft of Koinobori
- To make a presentation regarding own treasure and a favorite book; an listen to classmates’ presentation carefully

Grammar and vocabularies:

- “kodomo no hi wa, gogatsu itsuka desu”.
- Tsuitachi – tooka, hatsuka
- Watashi no sukina hon wa, XX desu.
- Watashi no takaramono wa XX desu.

Instructor: Yamada

A-II

Goals:

- To be able to write what we experienced and remember in order, utilizing a memo.

Class activities:

- To write a book report after we read a book about Kodomo no hi.
- To read aloud sentences
- To write sentences orderly what we experienced and observed, utilizing a memo
- To read own composition and listen to classmates’ ones.

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Omoide, jyunban, bunsyuu, nangyoume, gyou, bun, danraku etc.
- Kaku + tasu = kakitasu, kaiwa no hyouki etc.

Instructor: Ohta

A-III

Goals:

- To get to know that religion is related to our eating habits
- To gain deeper understanding of refugees and their conditions
- To gain deeper understandings of history and culture related to Kodomo no hi

Class activities:

- To learn what to do and say before we eat based on religions (Christianity, Hindu , Islam and Buddhism)
- To learn and make an oral presentation about refugees in Chad by utilizing pictures of “Hungry Planet”
- To read a passage of history bout Kodomo no hi

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Syuuyou, syokuzen, syokugo, bukkyou, kansya, saisyokusyugi, nanmdattakamo sirenai, etc.

Instructor: Siegel

A-IV

Goals:

- To be able to write sentences about pictures
- To be able to tell someone, who does not know about Tango no Sekku, about its history

Class activities:

- To review of Credit test
- To write sentences by seeing a single-panel cartoon.
- To write sentences by seeing a four-panel cartoon, focusing on introduction, development, turn and conclusion.
- To introduce Kodomono hi

Grammar and vocabularies:

- Yurai, sukoyakana seityoo etc.
- ~tewa, ~temo, ~tai, zenzen – nai etc.

Instructor: Sakamoto




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