PCJLS プリンストン日本語学校 JASL1の教室へようこそ

Thank you

This is our last blog due to a conflict with my other schedules.
Thank you for reading the progress of our class and JASL1 will resume the sessions on every Sunday. If you are interested in learning or teaching Japanese at Princeton Community Japanese Language School, please contact the office at (609)683-5080 or find us at http://www.pcjls.org.

Happy New Year!

Students completed Katakana letters and we started learning Hiragana today. (As you know, there are 3 characters in Japanese; Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji). I would like to say “Thank you” for coming to our holiday party. Hope all of you had a great time and wishing you peace, joy, and happiness throughout the New Year!

There won’t be a class on 12/26/10. Classes resume on January 2, 2011 and on this Sunday, JASL students will have an annual New Year's calligraphy class taught by a local calligraphy master (conducted in English) from 1:00-2:30 pm. JASL 1 students are going to write "うさぎ(rabbit)" since next year is the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese (and Japanese) zodiac.

School Play

Thank you so much for coming to the SchoolPlay. Students have worked very hard to prepare for this event and it was not possible without your continuous support at home.

School Play

Jasl1 students have been busy preparing for the school play. The play is scheduled for Sunday, December 12th. Students have worked very hard to prepare for this event and I’m proud of the progress that they have made this year.

Verbs

There are old saying in Japanese for fall. “Autumn of sports, reading, art and appetite.” We enjoy the most comfortable climate in fall in Japan. It is popular time for sports, a good time to read books, enjoy fine arts, and also called “the season for a big appetite” since many seasonal farm products are available.
Students learned verbs, nomimasu (drink), tabemasu (eat) today. We talked about their favorite drinks and at the class. Since children are doing excellent job mastering Katakana, I added an extra letter on our practice. There are 46 letters and we have 7 more to study after today’s lesson.

Fire Drill

I hope you were able to enjoy the extra hour of sleep this morning. As you know, there will be a fire drill sometime in November (I’m writing this letter on Sat, 11/6/10 and by the time you read this memo, we might already had one.) If you are at the school and hear a bell, please evacuate the building. The evacuation point is the courtyard, just outside the middle entrance of the school building.
Students learned a verb ほしいです。(want) today. We made a sentence like りんごが　ほしいです。(I want an apple.)

Thak you お疲れ様でした。

I hope you were able to enjoy the Aki-matsuri (Bake-Sale) today. I appreciate all you do for your children, and thank you very much for donating food. All children had a blast at the bake-sale! We have been practicing how to shop at stores in a class by dividing the students into two groups, customers and employees. Students were able to say “Korewo Kudasai. (Please give me this). Arigatou Gozaimasu (Thank you)” when I took them to buy food. It was a quality learning experience for them to actually purchase things by themselves.

Our class startys at 1pm, please be on time

As we complete second week of school, I’d like to thank you for your cooperation. Open communication between school and home is essential to ensure the success of students and I’m pleased to introduce Mr. Mahon as our classroom parent. He’ll be coordinating what’s needed for school events like Fall Festival, School Play, Speech Contest etc.
I believe you received an email from JASL director, Mr. Palermo regarding “Fall Festival (Aki-matsuri).” I’m also attaching the same memo with this letter, just in case. This is a fund raising event and we are in need of goodies and are asking for food donations. Some suggestions are cupcakes, cookies, Japanese foods etc. Kindly fill out the bottom portion of the attached form where it says “Student name and Class, name of bake sale item” and return it to Mr. Mahon by 9/26/10. Also, he’ll be collecting $3 for food tickets on the same day. If you have questions, and your child has food allergies, please feel free to contact me.
Last but not least, thank you in advance for coming to the class on time at 1pm. The first thing we do at the class is Japanese number quiz. I don’t want your child missing out this quiz. Please remind your child to use a restroom before the class and send him/her to our classroom by 12:50pm. I have a teachers’ meeting between 12:40-1:00pm, but I’ll leave an activity sheet on students’ desk which they can complete it by themselves while I’m gone.

Welcome to JASL1

My name is Yuriko Bullock and I would like to welcome your child to JASL1. We are going to have a great time in this class, and are going to learn a great deal together. I am looking forward to getting to know both you, and your child. Good communication between parent, teacher, and student is very important for your child’s academic growth.
Today, students learned how to introduce themselves and count 1-5 in Japanese. I would like to briefly discuss my homework policy. Generally speaking, we have Japanese alphabet homework. There will be 2 quizzes; Jpanese alphabet and dictation for Japanese numbers on every Sunday.
I do encourage a great deal of reading for pleasure with my students. Developing a love of reading is important to a child’s educational future, and I view reading for pleasure as a priority. I’ll be reading a book or a chapter at the every class. We also have a great selection of books, right in our school libray which is located on the 3rd floor. These books are of ALL reading levels, available for students to check out.

Spring is Here!

I hope you and your family were able to rest during the spring break. Students and I mostly reviewed the text book, made origami crafts, and I was surprised to found that many children remembered Japanese numbers and did well with Kanji quiz.


From this week, students are assigned to read a short poem at home and read it in front of the class. They don’t have to memorize the poem but it is a good practice for reading. Have fun!