Lesson 1
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Plenary (10 minutes)
Can anyone remember their numbers? Quickly refresh and count the numbers in various different styles (loud, soft, high pitched, low pitched).
Play a game of bingo. Children have to pick 9 numbers between one and ten and complete the grid (see worksheet accompanying this lesson). Put number cards in a bag. Children, in turns, come out to the front of the class to greet you (konnichiwa etc) and then pick a number from the bag. They should then announce the number in Japanese to the rest of the class and children mark off any matches accordingly. Children call ‘bingo’ when they have a line of three going in any direction.
Extension
Use a large dice and roll it. Can children accurately call out the resultant number? You may wish
to increase the challenge by rolling 2 dice.
At the end of the lesson, finish by saying ‘sayonara’.
