Friday, September 16, 2005

I am so excited about going to Japan!!!! My 107 fifth-grade Reading students and I have been learning so much about Japan. We have large sheets of paper plastered across the wall of my classroom listing what we think we already know about Japan and what we want to learn about Japan. Today in class, we discussed some Japanese proverbs and how the proverbs gave us insight into what the Japanese may value in their culture. The words "honor" and "duty" seemed to surface quite often. Two of my students, Kennedy and Austin, brought and modeled Japanese clothing that had been given to their families. Before I leave for Japan, my students will narrow down our questions to about 20 - 25, and I will be spending a good part of my free time in Japan searching for the answers to our questions.
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