2016 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Mexico ]School[ Comunidad Educativa Yaxunah ] Teacher [Lilia Várguez ]JP school [Soho Elementary School ] Teacher [ Hideshi Ishikawa ]Grade ( 4 )Member ( 19 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

EnglishIntroduction cards students made to send.

2

EnglishResearch on topics as Undokai, general information about Japan as culture,
food, dressing, flora, fauna, and also information about our state, Yucatán.

3

English

Valentine’s cards.

1

EnglishVideoconference with Japanese students.

2

EnglishArtPainting the mural representing the flora and Fauna of Yucatán and the union ofhumanity.

EnglishMural exhibition to parents.

2 perday2# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

Green World and Peace

Message

Together we can save the flora and fauna of Japan and Mexico. This will let us
live in peace with others.

United thoughts to share with theworld

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students had the opportunity to exchange
information with the Japanese students. They
exchanged introduction letters, Christmas andValentine´s day cards.
We also had a videoconference in which we got toknow more about the other country.

Points for further improvement
This was the first time the students participated in a
project like this one. They were so motivated but at
the same time they were nervous about the fact ofpainting a mural with students from another country.
But finally the students did an excellent work andthey were proud of what they painted.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
The students became more aware about the The teaching experience is different from theimportance of taking care of our flora and fauna.
experience in the classroom. The role of the teacher
Also, they realized about the importance of learning a was to guide students to gain their own information
second language to communicate with people from and experiences.
other countries and the kind of opportunities they
could get if they do it.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on
the theme

Septe
mber

Septe
mberJanuary

UNITE
United message/

October

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

January

What you did
Students wrote their nameson papers and we took
photos of them to send toJapan.
Students researched about
Undokai, the localization ofJapan, its culture, food,dressing, and general
information.
Students did the videoconference with theJapanese students.
The students weremotivated to brainstorm
names about the flora andfauna that represent ourstate, Yucatán.
They realized about theimportance of them to live inpeace with others.
For this reason, the mural
was going to be about‘Green world and Peace’.
The Japanese students
painted the first part of themural and then, they sent itto Mexico. We finished thesecond part.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students were so motivated to get toknow students from Japan and exchange
information.
Students were interested to find out theinformation about the culture.
Students were excited to see theJapanese students and introduce
themselves.

Subject
EnglishEnglishThe students were happy to research on
this topic and they started making
drawings to represent the flora and faunaof Yucatán.
They were motivated to design a mural inwhich they could send a message withother country about the importance ofnature in the world.

The students were amazed at the partthe Japanese students had painted.
They decided to do their best and finish
painting the second part.

EnglishEnglishArtAPPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

Febru
ary

The parents were invited toattend to the exhibition
where the mural was hung.
Students explained to theirparents all the activities
they had done during theproject process, how they
started having contact with
the Japanese students andhow they started painting
the mural together.

Students, teachers and parents were sohappy and proud to see the mural.
Also, they were motivated to continue
working all together to save the planet
and live in peace.

Muralexhibition# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our owncultures

A5

How your students have reached it
The students did the research on the internet and invited aJapanese girl to interview.

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5The students did the videoconference and tried to answer all thequestions they had about the other country culture.

A

5

They felt so motivated to share information with the Japaneseclass.

A

5

A5

B

4

A

5

They were always willing to participate and learn about the othercountry.

A

5

They are improving and learning better ways to communicate
with others.

A

5

They learned a lot about this project. They learned how to workin a team and to be open to others’ ideas and opinions.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partnersAttitude in learning
Expression ability
in words, in pictures

Appreciation ability
Appreciate the mural and thewhole collaborative learning

They were helped to do the videoconference.
They made a good friendship while sending introduction cards,photos, gifts.
They did a good team but sometimes they had different ideas.