2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ USA ]School[ St Pius X ] Teacher [ Jeanie Warrick &Jeanine Ritter ] grade (1) student number ( 54 )JP School [ Takasago Elementary School ] Teacher [ Maiko Azuma & Masae Tadenuma ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
SubjectConception of the lessonTimes

Soc studies

Learning about Japan and where it is located in the world Oct--Dec

6

Soc Studies

The customs and life style of Japan Jan—Feb.

10

Writing letters to our friends by introduction letters as well as what we painted

4Writing# Theme and Message of the muralThemeFolktales of different countries
We shared different popular stories with our friends in Japan

Message.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Our we are the same and different customs of thestudents in Japan.

Points for further improvement# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
The students has so much fun learning about their It was fun watching our students grow infriends by the forum pictures. They also learned understanding different cultures. It was also greatthat the students in Japan have different jobs to do to see other classes comment to the students aboutat their school in which they do not. It was fun how excited they were when the participated in thesharing the project with our grandparents during mural.
Grandparent day and program.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Oct

Research

NovDecComposition

Oct-March

Painting

Jan-MarAppreciation
Reflection

Mar

What you did
Wrote letters and sent
pictures of our classes. Wealso made a video saying
good morning in Japanese.
We read books about Japanand watched Big Bird inJapan

Your students attitude/reflection
Had a lot of fun sharing about
themselves and making the video

The students helped plan
what books they wanted tofeature in the mural

Enjoyed coming up with their favorite
books to feature

The students helped to draw
and paint the mural

The enjoyed painting and painted several
times on the mural. They shared with
our friends what part they painted

We showed our school aswell as their grandparents
during their program

Loved showing off their hard work withthe school

They really enjoyed watching Big Bird inJapan. We also had some Japanesefood tasting times

SubjectWriting

SocStudies

Art andwriting# 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

B

4

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5A5C3B4

B

4Enjoyed coming up with ways to share our country with our newfriends

Attitude in learning

A

4

Loved it when we were learning about Japan and doing various
activities

Expression ability

B

4

Looked forward to the days that we painted and when it was
their turn.

Appreciation abilityA

5Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
We learned more about our own learning styles compared toJapanWe learned many interesting facts about Japan and its culture
Enjoyed looking at the forum pictures
The students were not involved in the uploads it was teacher
driven.
Enjoyed making new friends very much

Enjoyed sharing it with the school and their grandparents