April 24, 2007
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This is one of Little Brother’s notebooks. Many designs are available. This one supports UNICEF. Some notebooks have marks on them. The triangle and the hands that form the “e” tells that the notebook is kind to the environment. … Continue reading
April 23, 2007
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Little Brother had Japanese class every day last year (see the schedule posted on April 18). These were his kanji books. Each book had a chart of new kanji in the back. There were a total of 156 in … Continue reading
April 20, 2007
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Homework is done in a notebook like this one. Students have notebooks for each subject. Fifth grade math homework is done in a notebook like this. It has paper with small squares. At our school, parents correct homework after … Continue reading
April 19, 2007
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Little Brother used these textbooks in fifth grade last year. They are all paperbacks. Some of these books were used in one semester and others were used in another semester. In other words, they didn’t work from all of … Continue reading
April 18, 2007
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This is Little Brother’s fifth grade class schedule from last fall 2006. The kanji on the left at the top says ji kan wari hyou (schedule). It is one word, but I separated it to make it easier to … Continue reading
December 16, 2006
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The fifth grade classes at Little Brother’s school went to the Asahi newspaper company on Friday. They gave them sample pages straight off the press. He said the ink was still wet. He crumpled his pages up and put … Continue reading
December 10, 2006
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The fifth grade classes took a school trip to the mountains in October. Each student signed up for a task. Some students fed the pigs. Some cleaned the barn, etc. Little Brother signed up to learn how to make … Continue reading
December 4, 2006
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Daikon grow throughout the seasons here in our neighborhood. Little Brother planted these with his fifth grade class back in the summer semester. The field was near their school. They had to take newspaper and two plastic shopping bags to … Continue reading
October 12, 2006
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A month ago, Little Brother’s class went to a field near his school to plant daikon, Japanese radishes. He told me they had put several seeds in one hole. I was confused at the time.(See post for Sept. 13th, School … Continue reading
October 1, 2006
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There were class observations on Friday at Little Brother’s elementary school. Parents could choose the class or the time they wanted to observe. I went to observe the science class. There were 16 microscopes for 40 students. Desks were pulled … Continue reading