Files include:
1. English/Japanese Lesson Plans with 4 different activity options. You can print and discuss with your HRT which one is best for your class.
2. Website links for Kumamoto tablet apps (Option D)
https://www.kumamoto-kmm.ed.jp/kyouzai/web/Lunch-menu2/index.html
https://www.kumamoto-kmm.ed.jp/kyouzai/web/Original_Parfait/index.html
https://www.kumamoto-kmm.ed.jp/kyouzai/web/Original-pizza/index.html
*These are actually meant for higher grade level's lessons, but you can modify the mechanics and script to fit the 3年 lesson.
- Printout sheets for Option A: Connect 3 Boardgame (There's an all food only version, food and fruits/veggies version, sports version)
- Printout sheets for Option B: Find your Match (There are 4 design sheets. Each sheet has 8 different cards, so if you have 32 students, you can photocopy 1 design sheet or 8 cards x 4 copies, so that students will find 3 other classmates with the same card). You can still use the other design sheets, if you want a Round 1,2,3,4)
Here's the Activity Details for each Option:
A. Connect 3 Game
Give 1 copy of the printout – 1 copy for 2 students, or share the digital file with students, through Loilo Note.
File Name: 3年_Unit5_What do you Like_Review and Speaking Activity_Connect Three Game.pdf
2 students use 1 copy of the Connect 3 Board Game.
They play Rock, Scissors, Paper to find out who will start first.
The first player will pick 1 thing from anywhere in the Board Game, and say the English Word.
If they say the word correctly, they mark that thing with a blue pencil.
The second player will also do the same. The second player will use a red pencil.
They take turns in playing.
Once a player has 3 things of the same color in 1 straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal line), they connect the 3 circles, and score 1 point.
The game is finished when all things are taken. The person with the most points wins.
Option 1: Vocabulary Speaking only
Students say the word only (hamburger, rice ball, and so on.)
Option 2: Sentence Speaking Practice:
Students practice the sentence: (“I like hamburgers. I like rice balls., and so on.”)
B. Find your Match (Conversation Practice)
Print different picture cards for the class, with 8 different kinds of pictures, and 4 cards having the same picture.
File Name: Find Your Match_3年_Unit5_What do you like.pdf
Recommended Script:
Person A: “What food do you like?”
Person B: “I like sushi and ice cream.”
Give 1 random card per student, and instruct them not to show it to anyone.
Students must go around and find a partner.
One person asks the question, “What food do you like?”,
and the partner answers “I like ___ and ___.”
They exchange roles.
If they have the same card, they can stay together, and look for their other matching students.
(4 students have the same card).
Once their group is complete, they can sit down.
C. “Find the Unicorn” (Conversation Practice):
(No materials needed)
Recommended Script:
Person A: “What food do you like?”
Person B: “I like sushi and ice cream.”
Assign a “Unicorn Answer Sentence”, for example: “I like natto and liver.”
Tell everyone to close their eyes, and go around the room to secretly select a Unicorn, by tapping their shoulder.
Only the Unicorn can say the “Unicorn Answer Sentence”.
Other students must think of their own answer, different from the unicorn sentence.
Students must go around and find a partner.
One person asks the question, “What food do you like?”,
and the partner answers “I like ___ and ___.”
They exchange roles.
The goal is to find out which person among their classmates is the unicorn.
They must ask many classmates to accomplish this.
D. Make My Food (Conversation / Speech Practice):
Share this link with students, through Loilo Note.
https://www.kumamoto-kmm.ed.jp/kyouzai/web/Lunch-menu2/index.html
https://www.kumamoto-kmm.ed.jp/kyouzai/web/Original_Parfait/index.html
https://www.kumamoto-kmm.ed.jp/kyouzai/web/Original-pizza/index.html
(After “Let’s Chant” Activity)
Recommended Script:
Person Guessing: “What ____ do you like?”
Person Answering: “I like _, _, and _____.”
(Note: The program includes additional food words, but the teacher can choose to exclude these from the activity because they are not in the textbook vocabulary. Or, if they will be included, teach the English words at the start of the class.)
Person Answering: Use the tablet to make your own lunch menu / parfait / pizza.
Person Guessing: Keep your tablet blank at the start. Ask the question, “What [food / topping] do you like?” The partner answers “I like __, _, and __.” Add the food / toppings mentioned by the partner to your tablet. After, compare your tablets to check if you made the same lunch menu / parfait / pizza.
Exchange roles.
Thank you! Connect four is great!