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Saturday Japanese Class News

October 2014

1: Class 1 (Kindergarten Level) -Ms. Ozeki
2: Class 2 (Kindergarten Level) - Ms. Umehata
3: Class 3 (Elementary Lower Grades) - Ms. Yamada
4: Class 4 (Elementary middle grades) - Ms. Sakamoto
5: Class 5 (Elementary upper grades) - Ms. Ohta
6: Class 6 (SAT/AP Prep) - Ms. Miyajima

Class 1 (Kindergarten Level) -Ms. Ozeki

Lesson Goals:
- Show interest in a variety of vegetables and fruits, and learn appreciation for the harvests of the fall season.
- Able to read their own names written in Hiragana or Katakana.

Class Activities:
- Word game to look for the letters they've learned, using Hiragana cards.
- Sing seasonal songs with movements and good rhythm.

Grammer and Vocabulary:
- Find words that start with the Japanese vowel sounds (a, i, u, e, o)
- Write those words in a proper order and nice penmanship.

Class 2 (Kindergarten Level) - Ms. Umehata

Lesson Goals:
- Establish Hiragana "Seion" sounds
- Gather Japanese words
- Enjoy Halloween themed activities

Class Activities:
- Practice writing the long vowel sounds and double consonants.
- Word hunting and word games
- Craft and Origami

Grammer and Vocabulary:
- Sound that extends, sound that stops short and dull sound ( 「ー」「っ」「　゛」
- "Ikura desuka? (How much is this?) " "Kore Kudasai. (I'd like to have this.) "
- Build jumping toys

Class 3 (Elementary Lower Grades) - Ms. Yamada

Lesson Goals:
- Participate in Candy House project: be able to carry on conversations as a merchant and a customer for buying and selling of candies.
- Develop writing skills to communicate: Research on how to promote the Candy House event and thank you letters to the customers.

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.

Grammer and Vocabulary:
- Categorical names: "Sakana(fish)", "Yasai (vegetable)", "Kudamono (fruits)", etc.
- Individual names: "Sanma (mackerel)", "Daikon (daikon radish)", "Kyarameru (caramel)", "Meron (melon)", etc.

Class 4 (Elementary middle grades) - Ms. Sakamoto

Lesson Goals:
- Learn the conjugations of various verbs and use them appropriately
- Letter writing skills
- Actively participate in the Candy House project.

Class Activities:
- Read aloud and comprehend
- Dictation
- The Candy House Activities
Please find more in details:http://jasakura.com/k/2014/first_semester.html

Grammer and Vocabulary:
- Connecting [HA] (read as WA)
- Corresponding letters to the long vowel sounds and double consonants.
- Understanding the correct use of Japanese numerals.
- 5 Kanji characters and vocabulary from the texts Vol.1 & Vol.2 each week.

Class 5 (Elementary upper grades) - Ms. Ohta

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 Acvtivities
- Write donation solicitation letters.
- With study materials, learn and practice the On-yomi and Kun-yomi
pronunciation of all kanjis up the second grade level.
- Compose short sentences by using phrases previously studied

Grammer and Vocabulary
- “Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu – Thank you for your cooperation."
- “Gokyouryokuwo - I would like to ask for your cooperation", etc.

Class 6 (SAT/AP Prep) - Ms. Miyajima

Lesson Goals
- After the SAT subject test on November 8, students will learn the basic Japanese for living in Japan by simulating a plan to study there for a short period of time.
- This month’s goal is to understand Japan ’s geography, weather, time and seasons. Students will be asked to describe the places they want to visit.
- Prepare for SAT subject test Japanese with listening.
- Start learning 208 characters out of 410 kanjis in AP Japanese (those taught after third grade level in Japan)
- Scheduled to complete before the spring break at a rate of 10 words per week.

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