The other first grade teacher and I decided that I would take the group that learns science in English first so that I know what I need to do when I teach it in Japanese. Each class is only 30 minutes so figuring out what tasks can be completed in the 30 minutes is quite a challenge. To begin our theme on plants, I started with plant parts. Most first graders know these plant parts so the words aren't new to them. Both classes watched the Brain Pop video in English on plant parts. Although for the Japanese class, I would interject with explanations in Japanese. Students then copied the words for each part in Japanese. At this point, students have no background in writing hiragana and it was their first exposure. However, rather than getting hung up on writing the hiragana correctly, I wanted them to learn the Japanese words for each plant part. I used the American flag to trigger the English word and Japan's flag to trigger the Japanese word. Students were able to catch on to those cues very quickly. The use of the flags is definitely something I will continue.
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AuthorElementary School Teacher & Japanese Teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii; Ph.D in Education Archives
September 2019
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