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Saturday Japanese Class News

October 2016

1: Class 1 (Kindergarten) - Ms. Ozeki
2: Class 2 (Elementary Lower Grades) - Ms. Umehata
3: Class 3 (Elementary middle grades) - Ms. Itagaki
4: Class 4 (Elementary Upper Grades) - Ms. Oota
5: Class 5 (SAT AP Preparation) - Ms. Yamada


October 2016 – The Candy House!l!

Class 1 (Kindergarten) - Ms. Ozeki

Lesson Goals:
- Have interest in Japanese letters
- Participate in the Candy House event and able to select and buy the desired candy.
Class Activities:
- Word game to look for the letters they've learned, using Hiragana cards.
- Participate in the Candy house event and buy the desired candy!
Grammar and Vocabulary:
- Find words that start with the Japanese vowel sounds (a, i, u, e, o) in hiragana and katakana
- Write those words in a proper order and nice penmanship.

Class 2 (Elementary Lower Grades) - Ms. Umehata

Lesson Goals:
- Participate in Candy House project: be able to carry out conversations as a merchant and a customer for buying and selling of candies.
- Ability to communicate information such as when, where and what.
Class Activities:
- In-class conversation practice related to Candy House project: "Irasshaimase (Welcome to the store)", "Zenbude Ikuradesuka? ( How much is it?)", "Zenbude ___ sento desu (total is ___cents)", "Korehanandesuka? ( what is this?)", "Arigatougozaimasu (Thank you for shopping)", etc.
- Create the Candy House Event posters and the thank you posters to show appreciation for those who attend the Event.
Grammar and Vocabulary:
- Categorical names: "Sakana(fish)", "Yasai (vegetable)", "Kudamono (fruits)", etc.
- Write individual names in hiragana and katakana.
- sound prolongation and geminate consonant in hiragana

Class 3 (Elementary middle grades) - Ms. Itagaki

Lesson Goals:
- Ability to write thank you letters to the donor for the Candy House event.
- Actively participate in the Candy House project.
- Ability to use appropriate Japanese for selling and buying of the snack items.
Class Activities:
- Read aloud and comprehend the lesson materials.
- Dictation
- The Candy House Activities
Grammar and Vocabulary:
- “gokyouryoku arigatougozaimashita” and other appropriate think you expressions.
- Read sentences as you pay close attention to the sentence ending.

Class 4 (Elementary Upper Grades) - Ms. Oota

Lesson Goals:
- Become proficient in writing solicitation letters for sweets donations
- Know how to speak politely.
- Develop the ability to deduce pronunciation for new combined kanji
idioms by two* of the phonetic readings of those characters.
*There are two ways in reading kanji characters: On-yomi and Kun-yomi.
On-yomi reflects Chinese pronunciation whereas Kun-yomi represents the meaning of the character itself.
Class Activities:
- Write donation solicitation letters.
- Practice correct use of katakana.
- Compose short sentences by using phrases previously studied
Grammar and Vocabulary:
- “Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu – Thank you for your cooperation."
- “Gokyouryokuwo - I would like to ask for your cooperation", and other polite request for assistance.

Class 5 (SAT AP Preparation) - Ms. Yamada

Lesson Goals:
- Use appropriate Japanese to interact with the students in younger class.
Class Activities:
- Candy House is on 10/29/2016! Students in class 2-5 has been grouped to prepare for the event. Class 5 students will serve as leader for the group. Through the preparation for the event, students in class 5 will learn to communicate effectively and appropriately with younger students.
- Class 5 studnets will read stories to Class 1 students. Practicing appropriate and effective communication to be a good story teller for small children story time!
- Ko,So, A, Do - ~hadokodesuka?/ ~no~desu. / ~kara~madedesu. / ikuradesuka? ~dorudesu. / other expressions needed for the candy house event.

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