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  We did this activity in class where students reviewed the numbers and the amount of things. I had previously made chibi characters of some of the 一年生 teachers and I use these characters intensively in my classes. In this activity, I ask "how much are Mr. Matsuda's trousers?", "They are 21 dollars."  "How much is Ms. Nagahata's cap?" "It's 68 dollars." Later we had a speaking test where the students, in pairs, memorised the lines and presented. After lunch, I went back home to change to some cooler clothes because it was too hot and I went to the city hall for our monthly MEP MAP meeting. Brian, Lily, and Scott presented some of the things they do in their classes and honestly i was kind off caught off guard because i was a few minutes late because I had to find the building and I needed to ask the front desk for help. I also didnt know we were doing presentations now, but anwyay, i think its good to get some ideas from the other ALT...

I started joining classes for the playroom students around 2 weeks ago, and today I did a special class for Nagiちゃん who has been learning about the days and the months. He has some difficulty remembering things so its a bit challenging for him to memorise all the days and months. It is especially hard for him for example to remember how to read August. From what I observed, he uses cues, like he doesnt fully read the words but he uses cues. Like he sometimes confuses March and May because of the MA, I guess thats because japanese works with syllables or consonant vowel pairs.  When we told him we were going to play a game, he became so impatient and wanted to finish the lessons quickly. Initially, he wrote the months instead of the days so he had to repeat a few times but he was able to do it.  I brought a mictrocontroller with me so we could do a somewhat different activity which is more exciting. Its still just an introduction at this point so I havent fully integrated it to...