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Hello everyone! This is a bit late, but last week Thursday  was our last Funglish Day activity for the semester and the last Funglish Day event for the 3rd years who will be graduating next week! 

We played a version of Jenga, which we called "Slanga." The rules are the same as regular Jenga, however if you pull out a block and there is a note written on the bottom of a slang word we learn how and when to use it!

The students all enjoyed competing against one another and testing the limits the tower. Though the activity was fun, it was a little bitter sweet knowing that this would be the last time our 3rd years would be coming to join us. 

We wish them good luck on thier next academic adventure and hope to see them again sometime in the future! Thank you to all the students who have come out during thier lunch breaks and can't wait for the next Funglish activities next semester 

Hello everyone! 

Here is an update from from our Funglish Day activities! Last week for Funglish Day, we played speed in the library. The students really enjoyed visitng a game they haven't played in awhile, as well as show the students that didn't know how to play a new game to enjoy! As winter is ending, so is the semester and the students will take finals soon. So, it was fun to see the students laughing and playing together! 

If you dont know how to play speed, it is a game where you challenge one other player and have to stack the cards in numerical order in order to finish your cards and win! The player that gets rid of thier cards the fastest is the winner! Thank you to all the students that came out and can't wait to see who shows up at our next Funglish Day activty! 

Hello everyone! 

It's Funglish Day again today and we had another activity! Today, we played Jenga. 

If you aren't familiar with Jenga, it is a game where each person takes one block at a time and stacks it on top. The person to knock over the tower is the loser! But, since it is Funglish Day, we added questions on the bottom of some of the blocks for the students to anser is they happen to pull them. It was fun to see the students enjoying a new game and having fun together! 

Stay tuned for more updates on our Funglish classes and our special activities on Thursdays! 

Have a great day and stay warm 

Hello everyone! 

Hope you are doing well. This week for our Funglish activity, we played a game well known here in Gunma. We played Jomo Karuta, this is a game that is traditionally played by children on New Year. 

Jomo Karuta is a card slapping game all about Gunma, but since it was Fuglish day, we played the English version! Our 3rd years have been playing this game every week, so we thought that it would be a fun idea to let all the students have the opportunity to play and have fun! 

Thank you to everyone who joined us! Hope to see you next week for our next event! 

Hello everyone! 

Today is Funglish Day again and for today's activity, we played a New Years game! 

This New Years game is called cup and ball and for this game you have cups taped to the end of the table and from the other side of the table you need to roll the ball into the cup. But, since today is Funglish Day, if you get the ball into the cup I ask you a question in English! 

The students had a lot of fun playing and scoring, as well as, answering English questions. We hope to see eveyone join us next week for our next activity! 

Have a great day

Hello everyone! 

I hope you are doing well. We are back from our winter vacations and from what I have heard from the students, they were happy to have a little bit of a break! 

For christmas, the students got presents from their families and ate various christmas cakes and foods. 

And for New Year they ate Ozoni soup, soba and got otoshidama from their families! 

As for me, I went back home to Guam for my vaction and had a great time spending the holidays on my island with my family and friends.

Let's wish the students well on thier studies this semester as well and keep cheering them on! The 3rd years are currenly in the process of taking their high school entrance exams so they are extra nervous, wish them good luck! 

Happy New Year everybody! 

Hello everyone! 

Yesterday was our last ENG ( English, Now, Go!)  activity before the winter holiday! 

We played a round of speed UNO, which made the game more challending and fast as I only gave them 2 seconds to think and put down a card! I was also able to show some of the students some tricks to play in order to win the game faster! 

If you have never played UNO, it is a color and number matching game essentially, along with some curve balls along the way. For example, when you have one card left, you call out "UNO" and but then the next player can put down an add 2 card and you no longer have UNO! 

We are very thanful for all the help and participation during our Funglish Day activities and can't wait to start them up again next year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! 

Hello everyone! 

Here is an update from our Funglish classroom! The 3rd year students have finished their testing and are now counting down the days till their winter vacation. 

During the last 10 minutes of our class, the students got to play " shiritori" or in English it is known as " Take the Last."

In this game, we start off with a letter and the student then has to write a word starting with that letter. Then, the next student has to take the last letter of that word and write a new word! 

The students had a fun time playing and competing with one another! 2 more days until winter vacation, lets finish strong! 

Stay tuned for more updates on our Funglish activities and class! Have a great day! 

Hello everyone! 

It's Funglish day again today and we had another event. 
For today's event, we played cup pong! For this activity there were written words on the cups such as:

I , you, likes, eat , ramen , cats, etc. 

The objective of this game was for the students to make a sentence with the cups by tossing the ball and trying to make it inside the cups! 

At first we had the cups flat, but as time progresssed, we found more ways to be creative and started stacking the cups to make the challenge more difficult. The students and I had a great time playing and having fun together! 

Stay tuned for more updates on our E.N.G ( English, Now, Go ) activities, have a great day! 

Hello everyone! It's Funglish Day today, as well as the first Thursday of the Christmas season! 

Today we started our Christmas activities for this month, starting off with something extra special for the Funglish room. 

During lunch break, we got to write our wishes on ornaments, as well as draw some fun pictures. But, the best part was that we all got to decorate together and have fun talking about what we were writing! 

I'm glad that we got to have another fun Funglish day together and do something special for our classroom! 

We'll be back next week for more Funglish classroom and activity updates. Have a great day!