今日は年少さんから年中さんクラスの参観日です！
みなさんがいつも頑張っている姿を、保護者の皆さんに見せてください！
そして、保護者の皆様は、頑張った姿を是非、たくさんほめてあげてください！
教師からはもちろんですが、やはりお父様・お母様から褒められるととっても嬉しいはずです！
-ほめるフレーズ-
'You did a wonderful job!'
'Good job!'
'Great job!'
福田
The Very First Standardized Test
Tests or exams, of any kind, can be very difficult...but who was the first person or place to invest testing? Where did this stressful and often scary experience come from? How long has it been around for? it didn't just happen over night. Lets take a look at where it all began...
The ancient Chinese government conducted standardized testing to help select candidates for government jobs. In 1806, England adopted this method for its civil service positions as well, although standardized testing did not make it to universities until the 1850s. The European education system had long relied on oral exams, but it began adopting written standardized tests in part so that those grading the tests would not be influenced by the identity of the test taker. In the United States, as Horace Mann worked to modernize the education system, standardized testing was introduced to not only evaluate a student’s knowledge and abilities, but also the work of the teacher and institution.
Always remember this for your next test or exam...
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.” ― VENUS WILLIAMS, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD NO. 1 TENNIS PLAYER IN THE MODERN ERA
Did you know...
Over 300 languages are spoken in the US
The US is considered to be one of the most diverse countries in the world. There is a huge number of unique settlers there and they had a problem choosing the official language when creating laws by the continental congress.
And...
There is no official language in the US
With so many languages in the US, there is no official language, some people think its English but it’s not.
Did you know...
E is the most commonly used letter in the English language, found in about 11% of all words in the English vocabulary (A is the next runner up)
Did you know...
Some English words only exist in plural form, such as glasses, scissors, jeans, and pajamas
and lastly, Did you know...
There are over 7,000 languages worldwide, and most of them are dialects.
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” — Winston Churchill
グループレッスンからプライベートレッスンに切り替えたSくん(年中さん)。
いつも以上に英語を話せてとても楽しそうでした！
また、プライベートなので、書く練習もしっかりできました。
ロビーでのお話の時も、KやEなどのアルファベットを見つけ、文字をなぞりながら'1, 2...'と口に出して、書き順の練習をしていました！
プライベート1回目でとても大きな成長です！！
来週の参観日もお母さんにいいところをたくさん見せましょう！
福田
Learning more about Japan...
Here are some interesting facts about Japan:
Japan consists of 6,852 islands. The islands were originally attached to the eastern coast of Asia, until tectonic activity caused them to split off, creating the Sea of Japan around 15 million years ago.
The Japanese language orders words differently than we do in English. Instead of ordering sentences by subject-verb-object (example: I write words), Japanese uses subject-object-verb (example: I words write).
Over a thousand tame sika deer roam the streets of Nara, Japan. Once considered heavenly creatures, the deer are now classified as a national treasure (though some are being culled for destroying plant life), and can be seen bowing to tourists in exchange for crackers that are sold on site.
The bow is an important form of greeting in Japan, and Japanese people work hard to perfect it. The depth of the bow is significant—lower bows indicate more respect.
Japan is home to the Japanese macaque, or snow monkey, which lives in colder climates than other primates. The Nagano Prefecture is known for its macaques, who bathe in hot springs in the winter.
On this day in history...
On this day: 9th of June
2008: American baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr., hit his 600th career home run, becoming the sixth player in major league history to accomplish the feat.
1973: American racehorse Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes (by an unprecedented 31 lengths) to capture the Triple Crown; he earlier had won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.
1870: English writer Charles Dickens, generally considered the greatest Victorian novelist, died at Gad's Hill near Chatham, Kent.
1781: English engineer George Stephenson, the principal inventor of the railroad locomotive, was born.
Before The Rain
We knew it would rain, for all the morn,
A spirit on slender ropes of mist
Was lowering its golden buckets down
Into the vapory amethyst
Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens—
Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers,
Dipping the jewels out of the sea,
To sprinkle them over the land in showers.
We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed
The white of their leaves, the amber grain
Shrunk in the wind— and the lightning now
Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain!
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Did you know...?
1. There’s a language only 8 people speak
Talk about special!
2. English is the language with the most words
All the more to learn!
3. William Shakespeare invented 1700 words
...including Elbow, Lonely, and Critic!
4.‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ is one of the world’s longest words
Even I don`t know how to say it!
and there are always more fun facts to learn about languages!
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” ― Phil Collins
Legends of the Rainy Season
The rainy season or "Tsuyu" in Japanese happens around early June to mid-July. It is said that hanging Teru Teru Bozu or traditional handmade dolls made from tissue paper or cloth, usually white and ghost-like in appearance, can ward off rain. They are hung outside doors and windows in Japan in hope of sunny weather. The words teru (照る), meaning “to shine” and bozu (坊主), referring to a Buddhist priest (or someone gone bald), call to a priest’s magical powers (literally: shine, shine monk) to prevent rain.
Even though there is alot of rain and it can get gloomy, always remember how important it is!
"Without rain, there is no life." - Jerry Yang
Hello Everyone!
Starting on Saturday we are holding our Summer Seminars! Our teachers have been hard at work making sure that each lesson is fun and special, to work on just what YOU want to work on!
We still have some open slots so please let us know if you would like to do some special classes with us!
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
