Recommended Plan For the 2003-2004 School Year(Yamaga Shogakko)

Teachers introduction to the class (everyday)

Hello everyone. How are you?

Introduction: (Basic Sentences)

Hi, my name is ______, nice to meet you (nice to meet you too)

I’m Adam Yoshida (name)

I’m 23 (age)

I’m American (Japanese, Chinese, etc.)

I’m happy (hungry, tired, etc.)

I’m a teacher (student, doctor, etc.)

I like ______(sports, hobbies, foods, people, things, pets, etc.)

Questions:

What is your name?

How are you?

How old are you?

Where are you from?

What do you do (what is your occupation?)

What is this?

What time is it?

What do you like?

How is the Weather?

What is day is today (what is today’s date?)

Basic Greetings

Hello, Hi – (ohayo, konnichiwa, konbanwa)

Good morning- Ohayo gozai masu

Good afternoon- Konnichiwa

Good evening- Konbanwa

Good night- Oyasuminasai

Goodbye- Sayonara

See you (next time): ja mata

How are you?– O genki desuka

I’m______, and you?

I’m ______thank you.

Word Recommendations (1st and 2nd Grades)

  1. Topics:
  2. Alphabet (hatsuon!!!)
  3. Numbers (1-100)
  4. Colors (Black, White, Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, Purple, Pink, Brown, Gold, Silver)
  5. Feelings (Happy, Sad, Mad (Angry), Tired, Bored, Sleepy, Hungry, Excited, Great, Fine(O.K.), Hot, Cold, So-so
  6. Weather (Good, Bad, Cloud, Rain, Wind, Snow, Hot, Cold, Clear, Great)
  7. Body Parts (Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes, Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Nose, Hands, Stomach, Neck, Back, Fingers, Hair, Teeth, Feet, Elbows, Chest, Butt)
  8. Physical descriptions (Tall, Short, Big, Small, Long, Short, Fat, Skinny, Heavy, Light, Medium, Hard, Soft, Fast, Slow)
  9. Family (Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Uncle, Aunt, Cousin, Friend)
  10. Animals (Cat, Dog, Snake, Horse, Lizard, Fox, Lion, Tiger, Monkey, Gorilla, Fish, Whale, Turtle, Sheep, Elephant, Hippopotimus, Crocodile (Alligator), Bear, Pig, Chicken, Insect (Bug), Cow, Rabbit, etc.)
  11. Basic Adjectives (Hot, Cold, Big, Small, Good, Bad, etc. – note: this can be used as a review lesson to reinforce previous lessons)
  12. Clothes (Shirt, Underwear, Shorts, Pants, Jacket, Sweater, Socks, Hat, Dress, Skirt, Swimsuit, Costume, etc…)
  13. Food (Pizza, Hamburger, Rice, Soup, Bread, Sandwich, Taco, Beef, Chicken, Pork, fruits, vegetables, etc.)
  14. Fruits and Vegetables (fruits: Apple, Orange, Grapes, Peach, Melon, Watermelon, Banana, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Mango, Papaya, Avocado, Kiwi, Durian. Vegetable: Lettuce, Cabbage, Carrot, Radish, Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Potato, Cucumber, Mushroom, etc…)
  15. Landmarks, Landscape, Geography (Mountain, Hill, Ocean, Beach, River, Stream, Valley, Canyon, Lake)
  16. Useful words (this, that, thing, person, I, You, He, She, etc.)
  17. Countries and Languages (Japan, America, France, Germany, Brazil, Iraq(the Middle East), Korea, China, Congo, South Africa, Antarctica, languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Portugese, Italian, Korean, Arabic, etc…)
  18. Continents (North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, Africa)

Recommended Songs

The Hokey Pokey (Body Parts Lesson)

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Body Parts Lesson)

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Animals Lesson)

Abc

Row Row Row Your Boat (Rhyming)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

One Little Two Little Three Little Indians (Numbers, Thanksgiving)

Old MacDonald (Animals)

There Was An Old Lady (Animals, Food)

Happy Happy Joy Joy (Really Easy English)

Happy Birthday

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

If You’re Happy And You Know It

Bingo

Games

Fruit Basket

Musical Chairs

Hot Potato (English Practice)

Gestures/ Pictionary

Telephone Game

Introduction game (meeshi)

Janken Game (sentence practice)

Find the group game

Simon Says

Battleship

Hot potato

Holiday Lessons

Christmas (Dec. 25th) ( words: Christmas tree, reindeer, present, snowman, snow, Santa Claus, Stocking, Good, Bad, etc., Songs: Jingle Bells, Deck the halls. Activity: Making Stockings, Christmas Cards, etc. [explain different cultures, ex. Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.]

Halloween (Oct. 31st) ( words: Costume, Ghost, Trick or Treat, Neighbor, Candy, Pumpkin, Jack o lantern,

Activity: Make Jack o lanterns, make masks)

Thanksgiving (the last week of November) (Turkey, Indian, Pilgrims, Corn, Family, thank, etc… Song- One little Two little Three little Indians)

Valentines Day: (Words: love, cupid, boyfriend, girlfriend, give, receive, etc… Make Valentines cards)

St. Patrick’s Day (Words: Ireland, Green, Leprichaun, rainbow, etc..)

Easter (Late April) (Words: Rabbit, Egg, Flowers, Spring, etc. Activity: Easter Egg Hunt)

4th Of July, Independence Day (America, England, Independence, Fireworks, Barbecue, etc... (hanabi???))