Japanese Teaching Topic - DATES & BIRTHDAYS
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic DATES and BIRTHDAYS たんじょうび、にち、ひ、がつ、しゅうまつ、tanjyoubi, nichi, hi, gatsu, shumatu etc.
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Flashcards
Birthdays (months) mingle
Give a card to each students as they enter the classroom. They then need to sit down in order of birthday. Once all students are seated get each student to read their card aloud to the rest of the class. The students write down the person's name and their birth month in their notes. (This could be done in complete sentences. ie. Satoshi kun no tanjyoobi wa ichi gatsu desu. さとしくんの誕生日は一月です。） Donated by C. Shimizu 
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Dates flashcards Counting days of the month flashcards: tsutachi, futsuka, mikka, yokka, itsuka etc.
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Days of the week flashcards
Days of the week in hiragana and kanji.
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Flashcards and kanji writing practice
Kanji explained using pictures and then kanji writing practice for all days of the week. Worksheets from www.jakka.net and http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html 
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Months flashcards
Months from January (1 gatsu) to December (12 gatsu). Donated by C. Shimizu.
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Games in class
Cline days of the week
Divide the class into groups of 7. Give each Ss in the group a day of the week card. Ss then line up in order from Monday 月曜日to Sunday 日曜日. The team that can do it the fastest is the winner.
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Skipping Months
Take Ss outside with a long skipping rope. Get the Ss to stand all to one side of the rope. As each Ss goes to jump the skipping rope they must say a month in Japanese. If they get the month wrong then they need to go back to the end of the line of Ss. If the month is their birthday month they need to stay skipping and say all 12 months.
Sumimasen Buzz
Put Ss into small groups. Ss counts go round the group saying the days of the week getsu you bi げつようび to nichi you bi にちようび. But instead of saying sui you bi すいようび they must say simimasen すみません. If a Ss says the wrong thing or takes too long to answer they must stand up. The next person who makes a mistake then stands up and the first person who made a mistake can now sit down. OR When a Ss makes a mistake they stand and take a week day card from the Tt. This week day becomes the new starting point Ie the Ss gets do you bi どようび so the group starts saying the days from do you bi どようび. EXTRA: This can also be done using days of the month, months of the year. Ss can stand up if they say their birthday month or day. When the next Ss stands they can then sit again.
Games on line
Dates match up game
Days and months in romaji. Includes audio. http://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm |  |
Days of the week
[ROMAJI] Match the English and Japanese vocabulary. http://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese/Daysmonths.htm |  |
Months of the year
Click on the octopus. Listen to the month and then click on the English month. http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/monthsoftheyearinjapanese.htm |  |
Dates
Learn how to say the various days of the month. 1. http://www.quia.com/jg/363854.html 2. http://www.quia.com/rd/8848.html?AP_rand=1201359922 |  |
Dates in Japanese
Click on the link to calendar. Then click on the various dates on the calander. Listen and learn the words. http://www.ajalt.org/sfyj/index.html |  |
Unit plans
Birthday Lesson plan 1 |  |
Birthday Lesson plan 2 |  |
Videos
Days of the month
Practice saying the days of the month with this simple song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6daiEil8M |
Days of the week song |
Days of the week video |
Days of the week
Learn the days of the week and common time expressions such as today, yesterday, the day after tomorrow, the weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2WiTpJvJGA&feature=related |
Months in Japanese |
Time expressions
Learn various time expressions including today, yesterday, in the morning, in the evening, at night, weekend, this year, next week, last week, next month, last month etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVBMPv5vC4&feature=related |
Worksheets
Days of the week table
Practice saying the days of the week. Donated by M Miller.
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Days of the week kanji practice
Students learn the kanji for the days of the week. Then complete this worksheet. The aim is for students to expand their knowledge of kanji and how kanji work. Donated by A Hickson.
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Days of the week crossword
Practice the days of the week and kanji with this worksheet. Donated by Anna Y.
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Days of the month table
Practice saying dates in Japanese. Donated by M Miller.
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Days of the month
Practice saying the various dates. Sing a rap song to help remember the special days of the month.
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Months table
A list of all the months in Japanese. Donated by M Miller.
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Nan sai desu ka rap
Teach students how to say their age with this rap song.
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