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Global Studies
Chef Christopher and his colleague at Taher, Chef Brian, visited our classes on Friday, February 5 to share their experiences traveling through Japan last fall. They went to Japan to learn more about the Japanese cuisine. For an hour, they described their visit, demonstrated how to make sushi/sashimi (they made tuna, salmon, crab, and vegetable), and then showed us a slideshow from their trip. Enjoy!
2B&2P: Camera 1 Camera 2
We had an opportunity to make Mochi in our classrooms. Mochi is a sweet rice steamed and pounded to a smooth consistency. The students rolled the Mochi into small rice patties and then ate them with three dipping sauces - soy sauce mixed with sugar, soy powder and sugar, and soy sauce with Nori (seaweed). Enjoy the photos from our culinary experience:
2B
2P
We have been studying the geography of Japan. The students learned that Japan is a nation made up of four main islands full of mountians. The students built relief maps with modeling clay to represent their learning:
2P
We visited a wonderful website about Japan just for kids called Kids Web Japan. Here is the link:
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/
Here's another more general social studies kids website:
www.kidsnewsroom.org
Dieterle sensei taught us some more songs. Click on the song titles to hear us singing them. The melodies will be clues to the translations of these songs:
Atama Kata Hiza Ashi
Kira Kira Boshi
Oshougatsu
Usagi
Romanized lyrics to Usagi:
Uusagi usagi
Nani mite haneru
Juugoya otsuki-sama
Mite haaaneru
English translation:
Rabbit, rabbit
What are you watching when you are jumping
The full moon on the night of the fifteenth
That is what I am watching when I am jumping
We have recently added some wonderful informative videos about Japan from GeoBeats.
Check these out:
The Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan
Cherry Blossom , Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Garden Slideshow
Here is a good Japan photo link:
http://www.photopassjapan.com/themes.html
Muro Sensei's wedding photo
We wish the best to our old Japanese teacher, Muro sensei as she continues her teaching at the college level.
A news website for kids: www.kidsnewsroom.org