Let's get started.  To find out what you know about Japan you will first take on on-line True or False Quiz.

Click on the underlined letters below to go to the website: 

                                     http://www.funbrain.com/quiz/index.html

            Go to the right side of the screen where it says: 

                                            Student Login
                                            Secret Word:    _______________
                                                      Your Name:  _________________
 

   The secret word to type in is NCE Star.
   Then you type in your name.  Be sure to follow the instructions.

                             Have fun!

Activities

  LETS LEARN ABOUT JAPAN!

Day 1

• Watch a video and/or listen to a guest lecturer. Afterwards you and a partner will write and draw a summary about what you have learned. 

• Make a " paper suitcase" with a Japanese flag. You will keep all the information you collect and the work you do on Japan in here. 

Day 2

  The class will be divided into rotation groups.

• You  will assemble a book that shows you how to say words in Japanese.  Practice saying them to other people in your group. 

• You  will be given a sheet that shows how to write numbers in Japanese.  Practice writing  them with black pens.  Practice saying them aloud and using them in number stories. We will be using them to play hopscotch. 

• Label and color in a map of Japan with the help of an adult.

• The Computer group will click on the underlined website below to learn how to say words in Japanese: 

               Picture dictionary http://www.jwindow.net/OLD/KIDS/LIBRARY/DICT/
 

Days 3, 4 and 5

• The COMPUTER GROUP will click on the websites below.  It will show you where Japan is located on our planet earth.  Then see how you can fit together the puzzle of islands that makes up Japan. You will also have a chance to explore some websites that show what Japanese culture is like. 

        Miyake Elementary School  http://www.hokuriku.ne.jp/miyake-s/english/

        Haiku: http://www.tecnet.or.jp/~haiku/

        Culture:  http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/Japan/

                                        http://www.jwindow.net/OLD/KIDS/REST/

 
•   The BOOK GROUP will explore our books on Japan, take notes and draw pictures of Japanese homes, traditional dress, holidays and food.  These pages will be put together for a class book.

• The ART GROUP will and make a  picture of a room in a Japanese home with a sliding door.

• The POETRY GROUP will write haikus, which will be printed on a piece of paper that has had a water color wash.  Students will be adding trees to the poem paper.

                     JAPAN DAYS

•  We will learn and sing Japanese songs. More advanced students will learn how to play songs on the recorder. 

•  We will bring in or make samples of Japanese foods. Students will learn to use chopsticks.

•  We will make origami paper cranes, hats, carp streamers and dolls.

•  Students work will be displayed around the room.