English in elementary school teaching materials collection 2013 the jet p rogr amme

WEEKDAY
HOPSCOTCH
 
Submitted by Alexander Miller (Tenkawa Village BOE) 
Target Group
: All grades 
Difficulty Level
: Fundamentals 
Activity Objective: 
To practice recognizing, speaking and memorizing the days of the week 
Procedure: 
Two teams race one another by hoping across 7 steps outlined on the floor, in a hopscotch pattern, 
meanwhile reciting the days of the week per step in sequential order 
Materials and Preparation: 
First, materials needed: 14 laminated 8x11 blank white papers, 14 laminated strips of white paper 
with each day of the week typed in katakana per strip(each day of the week printed twice), 14 
laminated strips of white paper with each day of the week typed with few katakana (leave only the 
first katakana character in place), a roll of tape, and 7 flash cards indicating days of the week in 
English on one side and Katakana on the other. Second, assembly: Take the 14 laminated 8x11 
papers and tape them in a straight vertical line for two teams, making 7 steps per pathway. And 
lastly, the game: First teach the days of the week with the flashcards made. Next, students "janken" 
to form two teams, as they then line up single-file in front of one of the two 7-step hopscotch 
pathways taped to the floor. Alongside the boardgames are the weekday katakana labeled strips of 
paper. Each strip of paper is placed alongside each square in sequential order from Monday to 
Sunday. Each student on both teams must hop across each step reciting the days of the week; both 
teams go three times in this 1st round. Whichever team is the fastest receives 1 point. In the 2nd 
round students again cross the board three times, but this time the laminated labels are replaced 
with the labels only showing the first katakana character of each weekday. If a student cannot 
identify a particular day on the board, he or she can ask their teammates to shout it out in order to 
advance. Whichever team is the fastest receives 2 points. And in the 3rd round students must cross 
the board three times but without any labels. No extra materials needed for this last round. 3 points 
are awarded to the fastest team.