I like and I don't like....

JAL students have been practicing how to say "I like..." and "I don't like....".
（すきです。だいすきです。まあまあすきです。すきじゃないです。）
It helps students remember more Japanese words because they can put words in the sentence.
They are trying to be principled when they practice Japanese conversation.

From Kokugo textbook, we studied "Attara iina konna mono(I wish there were....)".
After they wrote all the details about their inventions, they made a nice presentation.
For JAL students, they used Japanese adjectives which they learned last month as much as they can.
Students were so creative when they were writing about their inventions.

Photography Inquiry by Geonhui

Everyone has been inquiring into how people express their ideas and feelings with art by wondering, learning about and creating different kinds of art that interest them.  Geonhui has been inquiring about photography and how different lighting and framing can change the feeling of the photo.  Today he took some photos of the students at work.  Here are his photos!

Using Mario Paint to Write Music

For music class we have been leaning the basics of reading music and playing the recorder.  Now for our unit on "How we express ourselves" the class is moving onto writing music by using the video game software called "Mario Paint".  The students have had a fun time using the interesting and unique sounds that the software offers to create their own versions of the songs we learned on the recorder or completely writing their own song.  The software is a great simple way for students to place the notes into the sheet music and play back their creations instantly. 

Learning Geometry with Toothpicks and Clay

To go along with our art inquiry, the students have also been learning about the characteristics of 3D shapes and how to draw them.  To better help them visualize and determine the number of vertices, edges, and faces on different shapes the students have been creating them using clay and toothpicks.  The toothpicks represent edges and the clay represents vertices which always them to easily see and count them on each shape.  Maybe some students will continue to explore 3D shapes more deeply
 and create art using 3D during our art inquiry!

Measurement Board Games

For the past few weeks, the students have worked hard on making games about measurement using their creativity and applying their knowledge of weight and length.  Today the games were completed and we had a chance to play them together with the third graders.  Everyone had a fun time using their thinking skills to answer the questions and complete the tasks that the second graders created for the game.