InordertomakeourJapaneselearningfun,wehaveanewgamecalledBang!ItusespopstickswithHiraganacharacterstheyouhavetoname.Ifyougetastar,theothersinyourgroupshoutBANG!andthatpersonhasto
startagain.Youcanseeouryear4studentsenjoying
thechallenge!
Portfolios:Thistermwehavebeenusingourknowledgeofthehiraganaalphabettocreatewordsleuthsbasedonnewvocabularywordswearelearning.Itwasveryencouragingtoseestudentsusingtheirwritingchartslessandlessastheybecomemoreconfidentrememberingtheirhiraganacharacters.
Recordingourlearningonvideo!!!!
ThisTermyears4-6willbecompletingaJapanesewordsleuthandvideorecordingthemselvesfortheirfamilies.Onthevideo,studentswilldescribewhattheydid,theJapanesewordstheylearntandwhat
theyfoundchallengingthattheywillworkonnexttime.Ittakesthefantasticeffortsofthestudents,tocompletethis
challengingtaskandrecordthemselveswithconfidence,especiallyinanotherlanguage!
Pleasetakesometimetocelebrateyourchildrensprogressontheir
portfoliotaskscompletedinJapanesethisterm.