Everyone gets nervous sometimes, Especially when we have to show our work to other.
With Parent Observations happening this week I am seeing students who are normally super cheerful and talkative become incredibly quiet and meek, and students who are normally beyond excited in lessons become restless and distracted.
I am also, However, seeing students put in their best effort ever on their pronunciation and projection, speaking louder and clearer than ever so the parents can hear.
While stage fright might keep some of our students from showing off their absolute best or feeling comfortable in that lesson, I hope that all of our parents can see how hard everyone is working despite that.
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は小学校低学年クラスのお話をいたします。
小2のMちゃん。
レッスンに来てすぐに「私が先生！」といって英語を積極的に話してくれていました！
最近は文章での発話も完璧で、新出単語も覚えるのが早くなりました。
また、教師からの質問に対して、すぐに答えを大きな声で発表してくれます。
どんどん自信がついていって、先生はとてもうれしいです！
今は答えの文章を完璧にする練習しているので、今回の参観日ではしっかり受け答えができているところを見せましょう！
そして、次回の参観日では質問文もよく言えているところを見てもらいましょう！
福田
We're excited to welcome our Elementary - Highschool Students' parents
for Observation lessons this week!
It is a great chance for us to show parents how well and
how much their children have improved their English skills.
This is also a good opportunity for students to show off a little to mom and dad!
It's an awesome way for parents to learn a few English phrases as well.
We sincerely hope that all the parents enjoy their visits to our school and
we will do our best to make sure that all the lessons are fun and insightful!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
By now, Everyone can feel that summer is getting close, Many of my students are already thinking about summer vacation plans, what they want to do and where they want to go.
One of my students in particular, `S` has been very happy to complain about Summer! he came into class last week and declared "Outside it is too hot and I`m too tired!" as he set his bag down.
Later in the lesson when we were discussing traditions and holidays, We came across Tanabatta. I had never had a chance to experience Tanabatta before, so He took the time to explain to me not only the festival and what people do, but also why. I was very impressed that he was able to tell me the full story of Tanabatta, and by the end, he had forgotten how Hot it was outside!
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は幼児クラスの参観日につきましてお話いたします。
年長さんの2人組。
いつも大きな声でいっぱい発表してくれます！
久しぶりの参観日で緊張している姿が見られましたが、いつも頑張っている天気のパートは、文字だけで正しいカードを選べたり、"It's a 色 backpack."を完璧な文章で発表することができました！
保護者様ともハイタッチをしたり、"Good job!"に対して"Thank you!"と返しているときは少し照れているようにも見えました！
また次の参観日の時には、もっともっと成長している姿を見せれるように、一緒に練習しましょう！
福田
This is the first week of parental observations here at Amity!
My P3 students on Wednesday were so excited to have their moms in class with us!
It was so much fun watching the girls show off to their moms!
They repeated well and answered all the questions, especially when mom was asking!
They did such a Good Job!
One of the girls "Ha" didn't want mom to come up to the big pad, it was so funny.
She gestured for mom to sit down, while she tapped on the screen.
It was a really funny moment. Mom and I laughed so much.
She even said "No mom" Then changed to "Yes, Yes yes!"
It was such a great lesson and I am looking forward to all the Parental Observation
lessons this week and next week!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
This week marks the start of our parent observations! Our teachers have been working hard to get everything ready to show off to parents how wonderful their student is!
Some of the students have been a bit nervouse, knowing that Mom or Dad will be right there in their lesson, but other students have seemed beyond excited.
When I told one student `T` that Mom would be watching his class next week, He immediatly jumped up and looked out the window asking "Teacher, Now please?" He felt super confident about the language in that lesson and wanted to show mom right away the fun activities we did.
I look forward to seeing them all get to show off, and to hearing the Parents` feedback!
-Jordan Sensei
■年少～年長の皆様
☆期間：6/18(火)～6/22(土)
☆レッスン：Unit3 Lesson2
■小学生～高3生＞ ※文法、英検クラスは除く
☆期間：6/25(火)～6/29(土)
☆レッスン：Unit3 Lesson3
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アミティーの授業参観は、親子参加型のレッスンですので、保護者の皆様もレッスンをお楽しみください♪
One of things, I've been trying to figure out was how to give my students more access to interesting words, even when they are not at Amity.
Reading is a fundemental skill for English and many of my Highschool students struggle with vocabulary, which inturn affects their reading. So I came up with the vocabulary bank. Each students has allocated a number of pages, or a notebook and the goal is to bank as many English words as possible.
Mainly ones that are new and that they do not understand. They then translate them and make their own sentences. These get presented to me on lesson days. They then wrack up points and those can be redeemed for no homework weeks, or getting to asking me questions on any topic they like. They can also withdraw words from me, but those then don't count towards their overall goal, as they must source these words themselves. So far it has been working moderately but I would like to do better, hopefully introducing more incentives will enthuse them more!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
本日は、小学校低学年のグループレッスンのお話をいたします。
小2と小3が集まっているこのクラス。
みんなとても活発で、いつも元気よく発話してくれます。
最近はみんなで協力して答えを探すことも増え、4月よりもより一層中が深まりました。
ある子は、アミティーだといつもの何倍も元気よく話している様子が見られます！
そんな様子をしっかり見てもらうために、アミティーには授業参観がございます。
いつもとは違ったお子様の雰囲気を見れるだけでなく、保護者様にも実際にレッスンを体験していただきます！
そしてみんなはいつもと違った雰囲気の中でも、来てくださった方々へ、成長している姿を見せつけましょう！
参観日まであと少し…
それまでにたくさん見せる練習をしようね！
福田
