北中Funglish

Hello everyone, 

I hope you are doing well and keeping warm on today's snow day! This morning was an unexpected snow day and it was cold, but so beautiful to see in the morning.

Today in class for our small talk session, we asked the students if they like snow and what they like to do in the snow! Many of them said that they enjoy snowball fighting or building snowmen with their siblings. One of the most common things kids do when it snows in the US is making snow angels! 

This is where they lie down in the snow and move their legs and arms back and forth and when they get up, they have made the perfect snow angel! How about you? What do you like to do when it snows? 

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more updates from our Funglish classroom! 

＜日本語＞

みなさん

今日の雪の日も元気で暖かく過ごされていることを願っています!今朝は予想外の雪の日で寒かったですが、朝から見るととても綺麗でした。

今日のスモールトークセッションの授業では、生徒たちに雪が好きかどうか、雪の中で何をするのが好きかを尋ねました。彼らの多くは、兄弟と一緒に雪合戦や雪だるまを作るのが好きだと答えました。アメリカで雪が降ったときに子供たちがする最も一般的なことの1つは、雪の天使を作ることです!

雪の中に寝転がり、足や腕を前後に動かし、起き上がると完璧な雪の天使に仕上がっているのです。あなたはどうですか。雪が降ったら何をするのが好きですか?

お読みいただきありがとうございます、そしてFunglish教室からの最新情報にご期待ください!

Hello everyone, hope you are all staying healthy and warm! Earlier this week, we had snow in Tomioka. It snowed all day and night and the next morning, everything was coved with a blanket of snow! It was beautiful and though students complained about being cold, they were also happy to talk about the snow activities that they would do after school 

In class, we are learning many new things, including how to describe the past and what has happend. It's a confusing lesson, but the students are all smart and are picking it up quickly! Let's continue to cheer them on until spring break comes and learn as much as we can together! 

Stay tuned for more updates from our English class and as always, stay healthy and warm and have a great weekend! 

<日本語>

 皆さんこんにちは、皆さんが健康で暖かく過ごされていることを願っています!今週初め、富岡では雪が降りました。昼夜を問わず雪が降り、翌朝にはすべてが雪で覆われていました。それは美しく、生徒たちは寒いと文句を言いながらも、放課後に行う雪のアクティビティについて喜んで話していました

クラスでは、過去や何が起こったかを説明する方法など、多くの新しいことを学びます。わかりにくい授業ですが、生徒たちはみんな頭が良くて、すぐに習得しています!春休みまで応援を続けて、一緒に少しでも学びましょう!

私たちの英語クラスからの最新情報にご期待ください、そしていつものように、健康で暖かく過ごし、素晴らしい週末を過ごしてください!

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 

＜日本語＞

みなさん！少し遅くなりましたが、先週の木曜日が今学期最後のFunglish Day活動であり、来週卒業する3年生にとって最後のFunglish Dayイベントとなりました!

私たちは「スランガ」と名付けたジェンガのバージョンをプレイしました。ルールは通常のジェンガと同じですが、ブロックを引っ張り出してスラングの底にメモが書かれている場合は、いつ、どのように使用するかを学びます。

生徒たちは皆、互いに競争し、タワーの限界をテストすることを楽しみました。活動は楽しかったですが、これが私たちの3年生が私たちに参加する最後の機会になると思うと、少しほろ苦いものでした。

私たちは彼らが次の学問的な冒険で幸運を祈るとともに、将来いつかまた彼らに会えることを願っています!お昼休みにお出かけいただいた学生の皆さん、来学期のFunglishの次の活動が待ち遠しいです

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! 

 ＜日本語＞

みなさん！

Funglish Dayの活動の様子をお届けします!先週のFunglish Dayでは、図書館でスピード遊びをしました。生徒たちは、しばらく遊んでいなかったゲームを訪れるのを本当に楽しんだだけでなく、新しいゲームの遊び方を知らなかった生徒たちに楽しみ方を教えてくれました!冬が終わると、学期も終わり、学生はすぐに期末試験を受けます。だから、生徒たちが笑って一緒に遊んでいるのを見るのは楽しかったです!

 スピードの遊び方がわからない場合は、他のプレイヤーに挑戦し、カードを番号順に積み重ねてカードを完成させて勝つゲームです!自分のカードを最も早く取り除いたプレイヤーが勝者です!来てくださった生徒の皆さん、ありがとうございました。次回のFunglish Dayの活動に誰が参加するのか楽しみです!

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 

＜日本語＞

みなさん！

今日もFunglish Dayがやってきましたが、またアクティビティを行いました!今日はジェンガで遊んでみました。

ジェンガに馴染みがない方のために説明すると、ジェンガは一人一人が一度に1つのブロックを取り、それを上に積み重ねるゲームです。塔を倒す人が負け!しかし、Funglish Dayということで、一部のブロックの底に質問を追加し、生徒たちがたまたま引っ張ってしまうのではないかと考えています。生徒たちが新しいゲームを楽しんで、一緒に楽しんでいるのを見るのは楽しかったです!

Funglishクラスや木曜日のスペシャルアクティビティの最新情報にご期待ください!

素晴らしい一日を過ごし、暖かく過ごせます

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! 

Hello everyone! 

Since the start of December, we've been trying to decorate our classroom with chirstmas decorations to get into the season. One of our first year girls has been helping us with her amazing origami skills! She has made mady decorations so far, but some of my favorite are:

- Pokemon christmas wreath 

- Surprise bear box 

- Cat and Giraffe Christmas animals

- Disney Ornaments 

They are all very cute and help our classroom be more festive for this coming Christmas! I can't wait to she what her creativity brings us next. We'll be looking forward to it! 

Hello everyone! 

Here is a little update from our English class. Our 3rd years are learning how to say what their wishes are. 

For example, " I wish I had 100,000,000 yen." 

All of the kids had great wishes, some of my favorites were: 

- I wish I could talk and be friends with animals. 

- I wish I could bea flower. 

- I wish I could be a cat.

They are learning this at a perfect time, because it is the Christmas season! 

During this season, people create a " Wish list," of what they want for Christmas to Santa and their families. 

It is a sign of the winter season and as the season is changing, the weather is als getting colder, so please stay warm! 

Stay tuned for more updates on our English classes! 

Hello everyone! 

It's Funglish Day today again and we had another activity. This is our last fall Funglish day, so we did something extra special. 

" Yomikikase" is known in english as "storytime." Today's story was  The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess! 

The story is about two children who were bored on a rainy day while their mother is at work and were wishing for something to do. Then suddenly, a cat in a hat came though thier door with many tricks and fun adventures for them to go on together! 

This is a childhood favorite book for many students in the US and I'm glad that we got to read it together today! 

See you all next week as we beging our Christmas Funglish activities! 

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well! It has gotten a lot colder outside as winter is approaching, so please try to stay warm and dress warmly! 

It's Funglish day again and today we had another activity planned for today that many of the kids got to enjoy! 

Today we played a game of Thanksgiving UNO! This is a game that is widly played all over the world for people to play for many occasions. The variation we played today is "UNO: Wild Turkey" 

The rules are mostly the same except, when you get a " Wild Turkey" card you get to either make someone pick up 4 cards or you can choose the next color for the cards. 

Thank you to all the students who came to join us and for those who couldn't make it, we hope to see you on our next Funglish day activity! 

Hello everyone it's Funglish day again and this week the student's schedule is a little different because they are on their last day of their midterm exams! They started since yesterday, so lets cheer them up and wish them good luck again today! 

In today's Funglish lunch broadcast we talk about the most famous character in the USA. Can you guess who it is? Well... it's none other than Mickey Mousecreated by Walt Disney! He created the character to show people charm, fun, and happiness.

The first years are also working on presentation projects, introducing their favorite characters, celebrities, and even pets! We are all excited to hear them! 

Stay tuned for more updates on our classes and activities we do on Funglish days! Have a great day 

Hello everyone! It is Funglish Day again and this week we played a game of "Match the Cards!" 

This is a matching game that takes both memorization and quick thinking... at least quicker than the person next to you!

I will teach you how to play the game: 

1. The dealer puts the back side of the cards down on the table in front of the players.  

2. When the dealer says " Go!"  the players flip two cards over at a time trying to find the matching pair. 

3. !!IMPORTANT!! Only two cards can be turned around at a time. 

4. The first to get all the cards right is the winner! 

It was a fun game that the students enjoyed playing and the teachers enjoyed watching! 

Stay tuned for more updates on other Funglish activities we are going to do in the future.  

Hello everyone! 

Yesterday was Funglish Day, but also Halloween! 

Halloween in the USA is known as a day where people dress up as their favorite characters and go trick or treating. 

Trick or Treating is when you go house to house and knock on their doors and say trick or treat! After that, they will reward you with a sweet treat! 

But did you know that Halloween started because people in the past belived that it was a day when evil spirits would come back, so to keep them away they wore scary costumes. 

Today tho, it is something fun for everyone to enjoy! Here are some cute drawings students did for Halloween 

Update from the Funglish Class! 

The second year students had to put their heads together and quickly makeu up sentences from th pictures that they saw on the screen! 

For example: someone hearing shocking news " I am ____ to hear the news!" 

some of the words the students came up with were: 

- surprised 

- amazed 

- glad 

They had fun thinking together and showing thier English skils for this activity!