About 4th Grade

4th Grade uses Let's Try 2. This book has students using much more English compared to Let's Try 1. The topics and projects focus on building a student's confidence in sharing about themselves as well as asking others about themselves. Building from 3rd grade, students should being to understand the importance of English as the global lingua franca while starting to develop a unique identity with the language.Like Let's try 1, here are also nine units in Let's Try 2. Unit 1 serves as a review of 3rd Grade English. Units 2 - 5 continue to build students' confidence in sharing about themselves as well as learning about their peers. Unit 6 - 9, continues to build a stronger lexical and grammatical foundation as the students' prepare for the more complex English in 5th grade.

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Unit by Unit

Let's go beyond the textbook. When planning for your classes, try to incorporate songs and activities outside of the book.

About 5th Grade

In 5th grade, vocabulary and grammar starts to become more difficult and students also begin to have more natural conversations as well as work on more in-depth projects. It is through these projects that students should start understanding their own identity as themselves and as a citizen of their town or city. They should then use this identity to begin to craft their unique way of using the English language.5th grade uses the New Horizon Elementary English Course 5. The book is broken into 3 sections: talking about oneself with others (3 units), sharing about one's local area (3 units), and introducing Japan (2 units). Each unit is broken into four parts:

1. Starting Out: a short story portrayed by the book's characters. This is used to share the goal and contents of the unit in a fun way.
2. Your Turn: activities that are meant to allow students to practice using the grammar and vocabulary.
3. Enjoy Communication: explains the project and its steps. It has practice before the final presentation.
4. Over the Horizon: showcases foreign culture. In NEW HORIZON 5, the videos follow non-Japanese people living in Japan and how they contribute to Japanese society and culture.

At the end of each book section, there is a reflection section called Check Your Steps. This reflection serves as a way for students to think about the things they learned in the previous units and combine that knowledge into one last final mini-project.Along with the textbook, students will also use the My Picture Dictionary. This dictionary will be used for both 5th and 6th years. Along with allowing students to create their own digital flashcards through QR codes, the dictionary also has blank spaces for students to be able to create their own vocabulary words.

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Unit by Unit

Let's go beyond the textbook. When planning for your classes, try to incorporate songs and activities outside of the book.

Theme:

Culture:

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About 6th Grade

In 6th grade, students take the identity they create in 5th grade and begin to understand their role not just in Japan or their town but in the world. The English they learn will be used to further shape their identities as well as foster an understanding and respect of other countries' cultures.6th grade uses the New Horizon Elementary English Course 6. The book is broken into 3 sections: talking about countries of the world and their way of living (3 units), taking a deeper look at the globe (3 units), and introducing one's memories and dreams (2 units). Each unit is broken into four parts:

1. Starting Out: a short story portrayed by the book's characters. This is used to share the goal and contents of the unit in a fun way
2. Your Turn: activities that are meant to allow students to practice using the grammar and vocabulary.
3. Enjoy Communication: explains the project and its steps. It has practice before the final presentation.
4. Over the Horizon: showcases foreign culture. In NEW HORIZON 6, the videos follow Japanese people living in other countries and how they contribute to global society and culture.

At the end of each book section, there is a reflection section called Check Your Steps. This reflection serves as a way for students to think about the things they learned in the previous units and combine that knowledge into one last final mini-project.Along with the textbook, students will also use the My Picture Dictionary. This dictionary will be used for both 5th and 6th years. Along with allowing students to create their own digital flashcards through QR codes, the dictionary also has blank spaces for students to be able to create their own vocabulary words.

• Google Drive

Unit by Unit

Let's go beyond the textbook. When planning for your classes, try to incorporate songs and activities outside of the book.

Theme:

Culture:

Google DriveYouTube Playlist

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