TOEIC ....GOOD JOB!

My students are the best....I am very proud of you all...
And congratulations to THIS student who did really well on the TOEIC test in January.  She almost got a perfect score on the listening.

Keep studying hard...

Again...Good job!

英検。。。

Take a look...
小学５年生で、英検３級１次試験満点合格！！！　もちろん２次面接も合格しました。
２０１１年、第３回の英検では、カナディアンボイス受験者の中で最年少、５才の男の子が４級に合格しました。　皆さん、頑張っています。

Good job....Next is... ６月、２級にチャレンジします。

It snowed today...in Nagano...

When I woke up this morning...I looked out the window and I was surprised to see that it was snowing.   Snow?  How can it be snowing...it's almost April!

Well, I decided to take some pictures of the snow.....AND....While I was taking pictures from the window, I looked down and I saw Ayako Sensei shoveling the sidewalk.  Good job Ayako!

Hope it gets warmer soon.  I'm looking forward to Hanami parties! 

 

BLOOD types WEEK 6....

Well...I made the plan for this week's lesson... We will be busy. 

We will use:

a.    Blood types ~ Koigata

b.    Gokon ~ Himura

c.     New Interchange Text ~ Chapter 1 ~ Introductions

d.    Ordering ~ Paying

e.    ”どうめいし” ~ I will introduce them.... 

f.     Wine ordering game…

This week will be busy.  Hope you are all ready.  Don't worry if you can't remember all the ordering terms.  It is no problem.
And...On Monday I told Kumi that the gym was closed
....I'M SO SORRY...I made a mistake...I mixed up this week and next week.
(すみません！ 　今週ずっと申し訳なく思っています！)

Hope to see you at the gym on Friday....

And here are the notes for this week....

Study Hard!

Elliot 11 is UP!

Well...I enjoyed my holiday on Tuesday.  There were SOOOO many things that I wanted to do ... BUT... I slept until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.  When I woke up, I realized how tired I really was.   Now...I feel a lot better....and yesterday I got a lot of work finished & I washed my laundry. 
So, now I am prepared and I have a lot more clean socks.

Well....Here are the notes for Elliot 11!

Blood Types ~ Week 5

This week we will be using...

a.       Blood types ~ Koigata

b.       New Interchange Text ~ Page 83 ~ Ordering

c.       Angry Only Man ordering game…

I have to get back to work....Good luck...

Blood Types ~ Week 4

Help...It is almost 3:00 in the morning...I am gettng tired...

Well...I retyped "Blood Types 4" .... and it is ready to go for tomorrow....

This week ... The lesson will be in 3 parts AGAIN!....

a. We will continue our "Blood Type" story with Misaki and Hiroyuki

Hiroyuki will ask Misaki out and they will go to a restaurant.

b. We will look again at "Chapter 4 ~ Invitations" in the textbook

we will practice making more polite invitations....

we will learn and practice how to make (いいわけ) good excuses.

c.  We will play a game!  Sam the waiter....An ordering food game...Good Luck!

I know many people are busy in March but ....PLEASE COME TO CLASS...I DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY.....

Well...I am done...and I am going to go to bed....GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.........

Kids and Mothers Lesson from Saturday March 3

Well...The kids in my Saturday kids and mothers class have learned a lot of vocab and grammar for only studying 30 minutes a week for a year.
We used this video to review the vocabulary and do a story.

This is the main questions that I asked the kids.... Good job everyone!

(彼は誰？) ~Who is he?

(彼女は誰？) ~Who is she?

*Review Page 12 of the Yellow text

1. Who is he?

He is a cook.

 

2. Who is he?

He is a taxi driver

3. Who is she?

She is a nurse.

4. Who is he?

He is a farmer.

 

5. Who is she?

She is a shopkeeper.

6. Who is she?

She is a student.

 

7. Who is she?

She is a teacher.

8. Who is he?

He is a police officer.

Show the 1^st part of the video….

1.            Who is he?

He is a cook.

 

Page 22 ~ Review all the rooms.

At home

In the living room

In the bathroom

In the kitchen

In the dining room

In the bedroom

 
 

2.            (彼はどこにいる)~Where is cook?

He is in the kitchen.

 
 

*Review Page 48 of the yellow text

3.            (あなたは何を持っていますか？)  ~ What do you have?

 

1. What do you have?

I have a comb.

2.    What do you have?

I have a comic book.

3.    What do you have?

I have a brush.

4.    What do you have?

I have a key.

5.    What do you have?

I have a coin.

6.    What do you have?

I have a tissue.

7.    What do you have?

I have a candy bar.

8.    What do you have?

I have a paper clip.

Please ask the cook….

(あなたは何を持っていますか？)

What do you have?

I have a spoon.

How many spoons do you have?

I have 2 spoons.

What do you have?

I have a cake.

Do you like cake?

Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

What cake do you like?

I like _______

What cake is this?

It is a chocolate cake.

It is a birthday cake.

Stand up and sing the months song…

January ~ December

When is your birthday?

My birthday is January

My birthday is January 11.

How old are you?

I am ____ years old.

Red Textbook Page 39 ~ “The Happy Birthday Song”

Please sing

Review Page 57 of the Yellow Textbook

“Ima wa nanji desu ka?” ~ What time is it?

It is 8:00.

It is time for school.

What time is it?

It is 12:00

It is time for lunch.

What time is it?

It is 9:00.

It is time for bed.

Sing the song together.

9.    “Ima wa nanji desu ka?” ~ What time is it?

It is 5:00.

It is time for cake

Sing this original version of the song…

What time is it?

It’s 5:00

It’s time for cake.  Let’s go!

Come on, let’s go!

It’s time for cake.

It’s 5:00.  Let’s go!

“uta wo utaimasu” ~ sing a song

What does cook do in the evening?

He sings a song.

“tsukuru” ~ make

What does he do in the evening?

He makes a cake.

Review the 6 verbs on Page 31

Sing a song

Use chopsticks

Ride a pony

Write the alphabet

Speak English

Do a magic trick

Stop the video…

Kanojyo wa nani ga dekimasu ka?

What can she do?

Kare wa nani ga dekimasu ka?

What can he do?

Review Page 33 of the Yellow Text

 
What can cook do?

Cook can cook but he can’t sing.

Cook can cook but he can’t speak English.

What can you do?

I can _____ but I can’t ______

Review Page 44 ~ Red Textbook

*Play with a yo-yo

*Throw a ball

*Catch a ball

*Hit a ball

*Do a puzzle

*Jump rope

Cook will sing a song and…What will he do?

He will throw 2 spoons.

“hirou” ~ pick up

What will he pick up?

He will pick up “nama cream”

“yo-yo de asobu” ~ play with a yo-yo

“yo-yo de” ~ with a yo-yo

“nama cream de asobu” ~ play with nama cream

“nama cream de” ~ with nama cream

 

“tsukeru” ~ put

 

What will he do with the “nama cream”?

He will put “the nama cream” on the cake

"doko" ~ Where

Where is the “nama cream”?

It is on the cake.

“hirou” ~ pick

After the “nama cream”, what will he pick up?

He will pick up an orange.

“tsukeru” ~ put

What will he do with the orange?

He will put the orange on the cake.

“hirou” ~ pick up

What will he pick up?

He will pick up cherries.

“cherry”

“cherry de” ~ with cherries

What will he do with the cherries?

He will put the cherries on the cake.

“osara” ~ “plate”

“plate de” ~ with the plate

What will he do with the plate?

He will throw the plate on the floor.

Please ask…(あなたは何を持っていますか？)  ~ What do you have?

I have a knife.

“knife de” ~ with a knife

What will he do with the knife?

He will cut the cake (de) with a knife.

Review Page 62 Red Textbook

*Buy an apple

*Wash it

*Cut it

*Eat it

“iu” ~ say

What will the cake say?

It will say “aiiiiyaaa”

Review Page 31 of the Yellow textbook….

*Use chopsticks

*Ride a pony

*Write the alphabet

*Speak English

*Do a magic trick

What can the cake do?

The cake can speak English.

The cake can speak Japanese.

Can you speak English?

Yes, I can.

Can you speak Japanese?

Yes, I can.

What can you do?

I  can __________.

Review Page 52 of the Red textbook….

*Climb a tree

*Play baseball

*Read a book

*play tag

*Ride a bicyle

*Fly a kite

“toridasu” ~ take out

What will cook take out?

He will take out a book.

What will he do with the book?

He will read the book.

What will he take out?

He will take out a bat.

Review Page 44 again….of the Red textbook

*Play with a yo-yo

*Throw a ball

*Catch a ball

*Hit a ball

“cake wo utsu” ~ hit a cake

“Yo-yo de” ~ with a yo-yo

“bat de” ~ with a bat

What will he do with the bat?

He will hit the cake with the bat.

How is the cake?

The cake is broken.

What will cook do with the cake?

He will eat the cake.

Finished...Good Job….