Funnest day ever! Me and the 1st and 2nd graders at Senami Elementary School went fishing in the swimming pool today. We learned the names of things like whales, squid, octopus, starfish, and dolphins, then we imitated them in the water. Then I tossed about 40 or 50 laminated cards into the water and the students had to “fish” for the type of sea creature that I shouted out. Then the students who had cards and those who didn’t separated and the cardless kids had to catch those with the cards.
At the end we had a huge game of Marco Polo, which I don’t think the students understood very well, but was nonetheless a lot of screaming fun.
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[…] Last June in Murakami, I had the privilege to do some really fun English lessons in the swimming pool at Senami Elementary. My supervising teacher at that school, Mrs. Hiki, was really, really, into English and integrating it into her classroom. A few months ago, up here in Saroma, I gave a presentation about my experiences as an ALT in Niigata Prefecture to the teachers at Hamasaroma Elementary. They were impressed with many of the special lessons that we had done in class, so I suggested trying to recreate the swimming activity, since it didn’t require as much preparation or special in-class study time as some of the other lessons I presented about. […]
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