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Some days are simply meant for playing! MW 5/13-17

The most awaited bus trip finally happened on Thursday! Milky Way students came to school with their big smiles and backpack loaded with their lunch box and other stuff needed for the best bus trip ever. We went to two different parks with various play structures which we don’t have in the parks we go to regularly. That’s why they were so excited to try all of them. We were so lucky that no other kids were playing at the park and they were able to use all the play structures as much as they wanted. Most of them enjoyed the long roller slide and trampoline. Eating lunch made by their parents was very memorable too and they proudly said “My mom/dad cooked it for me!”.

木曜日、待ちに待ったバストリップに行ってきました!ミルキーさんたちは、お弁当を入れたリュックにとびきりの笑顔で登園してくれました。行先は2つの公園!いつも行く公園とは違う色々な遊具があり、みんなどの遊びにも大興奮でした!他のお友達がいないタイミングだったので、みんなで好きなだけ遊ぶことができました。中でもミルキーさん達に大人気だったのは、長いローラー滑り台とトランポリンでした🎶お家の方が作ってくれたお弁当をみんなで食べ、「パパ/ママが作ってくれたんだよ!」と誇らしげに話してくれました✨とってもいい思い出になりました😊

Aside from playing in the playground, we also played team games such as sack race and carrying the ball. It was their first time to play it, but they tried their best to work with their team. We walked around the park until we reached the “WELCOME TO SHINSHU” area, walked on the letters, and rolled down the grassy slope. Watching the airplane and helicopter landing and taking off in front of us was another amazing experience. Everybody had so much fun on their bus trip. “I had fun today, because we played all day!”

遊具以外にも、サックレースやボール運びレースも楽しみました。チームに分かれて協力するレースで、初めてやったミルキーさん達でしたが、ペアやチームのお友達と力を合わせて頑張っていました😊少し歩いて「WELCOME TO SHINSHU」の場所まで行き、文字の上を歩いたり、芝生の坂道を転がったり。目の前で飛行機やヘリコプターが飛び立ったり着陸するのを見たのも素敵な体験でした✨”今日は一日中遊んで楽しかった!”と、とても楽しいバストリップになったようです✨お弁当などのご用意、ありがとうございました!!

On Monday, we continued to practice reading magic e words (o-e). We did a “Make a Word” activity wherein students had to use the letters given to them to make the word after the teacher showed the picture of the magic e word. Thinking of each sound that makes the word, they were able to spell the word correctly.

月曜日は、引き続きマジックeワード(o-e)を読む練習をしました。Ms.Fronieがマジックeワードの絵を見せた後、子ども達は目の前のバラバラの文字を使ってその単語を作りました。それぞれの音を考えながら、単語を正しく綴ることができました👍

Our Unit of Inquiry 2 has just started which is about “Plants”. What is a plant and not a plant? We went outside for a scavenger hunt and by looking at the real things outside, they were able to identify what the plant is and not. We discussed it in the class and after comparing the pictures of plants and not plants, they found out that a plant can have flowers, leaves, roots, stem or trunk.

「植物」をテーマにしたユニット2が始まりました。植物とは?何が植物で、何が植物じゃないの?みんなで外に出て宝探しゲームをし、色々な物の”実物”を見て、何が植物で何が植物じゃないのかを考えました。クラスに戻りみんなで話し合い、植物とそうでないものの写真を比べた結果、植物には花、葉、根、茎、幹があることがわかりました💡

In Unit of Inquiry 1, we started to explore LOI2: Habits that keep us healthy and have good wellbeing by doing the prior knowledge assessment activity “Good Choice or Bad Choice”. Most of them already have the idea what are the habits that are good for them, make them happy, make them healthy, and safe for them.

Unit1では、LOI2「健康で幸せな生活を送るための習慣とウェルビーング」を探求し始めました。始めに今の考えを知るため、「良い選択?悪い選択?」のゲームをしました。ほとんどのお友達が、自分にとって良い習慣、幸せな習慣、健康的な習慣、安全な習慣とは何かを分かっているようでした。次はそれらを少し掘り下げていきたいと思います!

That’s it for this week! Thank you for reading our blog and have a wonderful weekend!

今週はここまで。いつもお読みいただきありがとうございます。素敵な週末をお過ごしください😊