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Sorry for the lateness of this message. If you have any questions about the flyers or tickets, please get in touch with one of the PTA officers any time.

金曜日のCraneのメッセージの日本語版です。遅れてすみません。チラシやチケットにかんする質問、ご不明な点があったら、PTAの役員までお問い合わせをお願いします。

Crane 3/12
皆さん先週は、楽しいスプリング・ブレイクを過ごしましたか？残念ながら私は仕事で、忙しかったんです！PTA連絡事項の日本語訳が、今週のクレーンに間に合わなくて、ごめんね。
International Festival　インターナショナル・フェスティバル
￥100 Shop　￥100 ショップ　
これまでに、￥100 ショップに、商品を寄付いただいた方、ありがとうございました。
玄関に、商品を入れる箱を置いています。状態のよいもので、これは売れる！と思われる物があれば、まだまだご寄付お願いします。不要なハンガーや、商品を入れる袋類もあれば、合わせて寄付して下さい。洋服をかけるラックを、当日お借りできる方、Joani さんかNoriko さんにご連絡お願いします。
Bake Sale　ベイク・セール
bake saleのために、お菓子を焼いて下さる方も、引き続き募集中です。お菓子を焼いて下さる方、ご連絡お待ちしています。
Volunteers　ボランティア
今年のインターナショナル・フェスティバルに向けて、たくさんのお店や催し物の計画が進行中です。ぜひ皆さんのお力を貸して下さい！ボランティアへの申し込みは、申込用紙か、または、直接私にご連絡して下さい。hisptapresident@gmail.com
Flyers and Event Tickets　チラシとチケット
インターナショナル・フェスティバルのチラシとチケットができました。各家族に行き渡るよう生徒の皆さんにお配りします。生徒の皆さんが通っているバレエ、ピアノ、スイミング教室、レストランやバー、お医者さん、英会話教室など、多くの場所に貼ってもらって下さい。口コミでもお願いします！チケットは無料です。多くの人に来てもらいたいので、学校関係者以外のお友達や、ご家族に渡して下さい。もっとチケットが必要な方、PTAまでご連絡を。
Deadline　締切日
ショップやパフォーマンスの申し込みの締め切りは、3月19日です。希望されている方は、お急ぎください！
インターナショナル・フェスティバルは、HISをアピールするチャンスです！みんなで、フェスティバルを盛り上げていきましょう！
Hanami　花見
今年の桜の満開時はまだはっきりとわかりませんが、タイミングが合えば、岩国にお花見に行こうかと思っています。3月または4月に、ファミリー・ピクニックをしませんか？日時は、メール、PTA ブログ、PTA 掲示板でお知らせします。
読んでくれてありがとう。よい週末を！
Jackie

What are idioms? Perhaps you’ve heard this name before. Below are two definitions of idioms as well as the sites where the definitions may be found.

Idiom: A phrase or expression that is (usually) not taken literally. For example, “Don’t let the cat out of the bag” means to not tell something one knows, to keep silent.
www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Reading/glossary_reading_terms.htm

Idiom: A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say. An idiom is usually understandable to a particular group of people. For example, using ‘over his head’ for ‘doesn’t understand.’
mrwiget.googlepages.com/litterms.doc

Now is it clear? Well, either way, below is a link to a website full of English idioms, including explanations and examples of each. Once you’ve clicked on the site, scroll down past the blue links until you see the title, “List of 101 English Idioms.” For sure you will have a better understanding of idioms after reading this list:

http://www.englishforums.com/English/ListOfIdioms/bbqjl/post.htm

Some may seem difficult at first, but “keep your cool.”

K. Rhodes

Yesterday after school, four students from Grade 4&5 went to the Peace Park to deliver the beautiful cranes which have been sent to us over the last 3 months. Here are some photos the team took. We shared/read the lovely letters and prayers which were also included within the boxes. Please keep folding cranes and sending these to us. Thank you to all who are participating within this petition for Peace.

The Grade 4/5 Team Members.

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This week we will revisit an online grammar site. I am posting the link for beginners; however, many of these are not so “easy” simply because they are hidden under the heading “Easy English Grammar Exercises.” Think you have already mastered these elements of grammar? Let’s find out for sure.

http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/easy_grammar_exercises.htm

Good luck grammarians!

K. Rhodes

In P-1 we try to match the type of learning we do, with the many forms of learning styles that students may show.

In our last unit of How we Express Ourselves, we looked at telling stories through acting out, music and orally. Our fun night of Festive Eve demonstrated a lot of our understandings as we expressed characters without words!

We also worked throughout the unit to get the children involved in selecting musical instruments to demonstrate a character in a story, and acting out a character in a story.

Our new unit of work is: Clean Water is Vital! And we have been investigating Water and how it is used in both local and global environments.

During this time we have built up our knowledge of some science topics such as Properties of Water, The Water Cycle, and some more Social studies areas such as The Use of Water, Water Pollution, and Ways to Conserve water.

Using posters and Powerpoint demonstrations, last week the children shared this gained knowledge with the rest of the PYP, through Assembly. It was very impressive as they used keywords to jog their memories of what we had discussed, and also read the text on the slideshow to their peers.

Each child worked in a group of 3 or 4 to present their understandings so far, before they move to the next stage of their learning, which is Making Connections to their lives.

Here are some links that they can also share with you!

Rivers.odp

ketwin.odp raindrop.odp SMC_WaterCycle.odp

There will be more to come for sharing about this topic, over the next 2 weeks! Enjoy taking action with them!