August 26, 2013 -- Monday
平成二十五年八月二十六日　－－　月曜日


今週アリささん　は　にっちょく　です。
This week, Alissa-san is "lead student.."


あいさつ、うんどう　（ラジオたいそう）、うた
Opening greeting, counting exercises with verbs and numbers, and song of hiragana/katakana order

New song --

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlacu_dango-san-kyoudai_shortfilms

Song: Dango-san Kyoudai      The Three Dumpling Brothers 

だんご３きょうだい　｛だんご３兄弟｝

１．くし　に　ささえて　だんご、だんご、

みっつ　ならんで　だんご　だんご

しょうゆ　ぬられて　だんご　だんご

だんご　さん　きょうだい　｛Four hand claps｝

２．いちばん　うえ　は　ちょうなん、ちょうなん

いちばん　した　は　さん　なん、　さんなん

あいだ　に　はさまれ　じなん、じなん

だんご　さん　きょうだい　　｛Four hand claps｝

Student-made meishi were collected -- we will practice with them tomorrow.

Handout: reference charts of ひらがな　と　カタカナ。

Review of vocabulary students learned last year from Nakama, chapters 1 and 2 -- ガミくん was the only one to hand in a list of material covered last year.    ニクくん　spoke up and identified known vocabulary from the xeroxed vocabulary list that was handed out.　　Quiz will take place on 水曜日, that is, day after tomorrow, and will include verbs from the handout last week.

The following material will not be on Wednesday's test:  colors, adverbs of frequency


Homework:
Finish this handout, which was begun in class --

                                                                       Dictionary Exercise

Write the following Japanese words in hiragana, and then write the English meaning.  Use the glossary at the back the textbook, Nakama.

yubiwa                           ____________________                 _____________________

momen                            ____________________                 _____________________

sekken                            ___________________                   _____________________

ringo                               ____________________                 _____________________

boushi                             ____________________                 _____________________

okurimono                     ____________________                 _____________________

ongaku                           ____________________                 _____________________

yasai                                ____________________                 _____________________

eki                                    ____________________                 _____________________

zou                                   ____________________                 __    elephant      ________

Recommended dictionary, easily available --

Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary (the small size, with the white cover)