Minasan konnichiwa
Year 2
This term the students will be solidifying their knowledge of colour and number and simple greetings. Students will participate in action related activities to interact with each other, using visual and non-visual support to make meaning of simple texts. Students will listen to texts identifying colour and numbers to demonstrate comprehension by actions, drawing and labelling. The students will respond to questions relating to colour and number using single words and set phrases and by selecting images. They will describe objects by colour. Students will begin to write and recognise kanji numbers. They will write the colour words in hiragana. Students will notice patterns in sentence structures and make comparisons between Japanese and English when describing objects and asking and answering what colour they and their peers like.
Year 3 and 4
Students this term will focus on the folk story Ookii kabu. Using their knowledge of hiragana they will learn to read the story and then create and perform their own folk story based on the original. Based on the vocabulary in the story students will identify specific items of information to comprehend the meaning of the story. Students will identify and write high frequency words of the story in hiragana and kanji where appropriate. They will be able to comprehend and recreate a simple story using correct word order. Students will be able to translate the story noticing words that do not always translate easily. Students will identify examples of cultural differences between ways of communicating in Japanese and their own language.
Year 5
This term the students will be working on a unit to learn about time. They will learn how to say the time in Japanese and organise and ask time questions to be at a specific place. They will be able to ask for clarification and assistance relating to what is the time and when particular events are held. They will read hiragana and kanji for number words and be able to write them. The students will be able to locate specific information in texts relating to time. Students will comment on similarities and differences when expressing values such as politeness, consideration and respect in Japanese compared to other languages and cultures. Students will create their own skit asking for information to get to a specific place and what time it is.
Year 6 and 7
This term students will use their Japanese to share and convey information about daily routine activities and events , using time expressions. They will extend their sentences using soshite, and sorekara. They read and write their own and their peers daily routines in hiragana and kanji. Students locate specific information relating to daily routines. They create connected sentences and use particles correctly. They will describe and recount events and experiences in time. Students will use present, past, negative verbs forms when doing their routine. Students will create their own journal of daily activities using the ipad app kids journal.
Please find attached the achievement standards for the Japanese curriculum.
Japanese curriculum – Achievement standards
