Author: daveysensei

Minasan Konnichiwa

This term we will be working on using verbs to create a travel journal. Students will research a place or places they would like to visit and then describe those places using adjectives and share what they will do, see, eat, drink, and go. Students will have the opportunity to manipulate verbs to create their text to incorporate past, present and negative verb forms.

The year 6 and 7 students will also participate in the Education World Championship language competition which is held in late May.

I look forward to another busy term with the students learning Japanese.

Davey sensei yori

Dear Parents

Please find attached the overview for the Japanese upper primary program for term 1 2018.

japanese overview 2018 term 1 (Autosaved)-q1pdme

Minasan Konnichiwa

This term in Japanese classes (Years 4-7) students will finish working on their hiragana reading and writing skills. Those that have completed their hiragana are working on their katakana or learning some Kanji characters. Following on from this the classes will be working on individual projects. This will include learning the kanji or katakana they are working on using a variety of experiences as well as choosing a Japanese topic of their choice learning some of the vocabulary and then sharing this with their classmates. The project will also include some experiences to continue practise of hiragana both reading and writing. The year 5 students will also be introduced to Edmodo in preparation for next year’s classes.

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Minasan Konnichiwa

This term in Japanese classes (Years 4-7) students will be working on improving their hiragana reading and writing skills. Students from Year 5-7 were given a pre test at the start of the term to see how much hiragana they remembered and each student will be working on improving their initial test score. Some students are also working on their katakana writing system skills after getting full marks on their pre- test. As I have mentioned to the students in the class if they are unhappy with their pre-test marks hiragana and Japanese language learning in general requires practise. If you don’t use it you lose it. The students have Education Perfect, the Edmodo learning site and most have devices that could easily have hiragana apps loaded onto them. A few minutes a week on top of the two lessons they have in class would make a huge difference to their retaining the writing system. Not to mention its a brilliant way to exercise the brain!
During classes students will have the opportunity to participate in a number of activities each geared for different types of learners. Each fortnight there will be a test on the hiragana that the students are working on.
Happy hiragana learning Flagstaff Hill R-7 students!

Both the junior Japanese and Japanese classes are working on hiragana this term. Over the years what has proved very effective for the students to remember their hiragana is using mnemonics. Here is a useful one that may help your child. Practising at home also helps even just 5 minutes a week can help keep those characters at the front of their minds. If your child has an ipad or similar there are many free hiragana apps that are useful in learning hiragana and keeping it fun for them.

https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Memorizing_the_Hiragana”

term 2 2017 overview-rijksr

japanese overview 2017 term 1 (Autosaved)

Hiragana helper

Minasan konnichiwa

Please find attached a wonderful resource for the students to remember their hiragana. I have also attached the file to their edmodo class pages so they can access it anytime they like.
There are many hiragana apps that can be downloaded for free that will help students to learn to read and write hiragana also.

Junior Japanese term 1 Overview

Please click on the link to find out what your child is learning in Japanese!
japanese overview 2016 term 1